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By: Nokia’s Going Down The Tubes « Tech N’ Marketing

Nokia’s Going Down The Tubes « Tech N’ Marketing — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:19:35 +0000

[...] the 5800 XpressMusic handset. It is an OK looking handset, I guess. I think, like many other recent announcements, it would have been huge news prior to the launch of the iPhone. I am sure Nokia is kicking [...]

By: Mobile Battle « Tech N’ Marketing

Mobile Battle « Tech N’ Marketing — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:23:02 +0000

[...] N96: When it was announced, it was huge news, but will its dual slide design and 16GB memory compete with current phones out there? Not [...]

By: HTC G1: My Dreams Are A Lot Better « Tech N’ Marketing

HTC G1: My Dreams Are A Lot Better « Tech N’ Marketing — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:04:34 +0000

[...] many other phones that were recently announced, my conclusion is that if this phone had been released in the [...]

By: Nokia’s Back in the Game « Tech N’ Marketing

Nokia’s Back in the Game « Tech N’ Marketing — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:49:52 +0000

[...] Seems like Nokia took my advice! [...]

By: hilzfuld

hilzfuld — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:36:54 +0000

OK, I agree with you about the first IPhone, but IPhone 3G is not hype. The way I see it, the first IPhone really could not compete with the N96 with its EDGE and other problems. The IPhone 3G on the other hand, can be improved very slightly in order to become the perfect phone. In my opinion, add stereo bluetooth, MMS capability, a few more gigs, maybe some copy and paste functionality, and you got yourself a pretty awesome phone. I know you think it is hype but there is no denying that Apple did an unbelievable job with the user interface, you really think you can compare it to Symbian?

By: Itamar

Itamar — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:32:41 +0000

Ok, first of all, stop basing facts on hype!!!!

Fact: Nokia N96 was out well before the iPhone 3G. We saw it in Barcelona in February. It wasn’t for sale, but they at least previewed it to the world. They showed how they were able to pack in TONS of features into a phone, whereas the iPhone still lacks plenty of basic features. And they did it in the “pre-iPhone 3G world”.

Fact: The only market where iPhone is beating Nokia would be the smartphone market in the US. That’s it. 1 niche in 1 market. Symbian shipped over 80 million devices last year. iPhone 3G sold, what, 3 million? (Yes, I know in much shorter amount of time, but still…)

Ok, iPhone is very pretty and got a lot of hype. And I use a Mac and an iPod. But I still don’t understand what apple did with the iPhone that was so ground breaking? There was internet, videos, music, etc on phones long before iPhone came out. Yes, they package it nicer. Where I would agree with you is that Nokia needs to do a much better job with design (even though my E71 is damn sexy), and with desktop connectivity. But please- the iPhone has a long way to go to be a serious competitor to Nokia. Nokia puts out phone like the N96 to be able to say they were one of the first to put a TV tuner in a phone. But they don’t bank on the $800+ models to really have mass market appeal. It’s davka to show that they can still kick ass in the phone market.

By: Aryeh

Aryeh — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:46:20 +0000

Thanks Hillel for contributing. Great post.