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August 29th, 2007

Traditionally, I’d count Nokia among the more innovative cellphone makers, certainly more so than Palm or Motorola. To their credit, for instance, they delivered the first WebCore-based browser in a cellphone long before Apple did with Safari on the iPhone.

What they did today, though, shatters that idea. Perhaps they were just as conceited about their market position as Palm’s CEO was, just not as vocal about it, and equally overwhelmed by the iPhone’s success?

I have no real other explanation for how this could have happened.

Posted in Chuckellania, Computers, iPhone

Others' Thoughts

# moiety
Comment on August 29th, 2007 at 8:56 pm

Um. Is this a shipping product? That even physically looks like the iPhone?

…

# chucker
Comment on August 29th, 2007 at 9:03 pm

No, it’s a concept for Nokia’s upcoming (’08-ish?) UI revamp.

# moiety
Comment on August 29th, 2007 at 9:32 pm

I’m really, genuinely surprised how delusional some Nokia fans seem to be, z.B. http://noknok.tv/news/nokias-iphone-killer-worlds-first-pics/

o_0

# chucker
Comment on August 29th, 2007 at 10:06 pm

Stomp all over Apple? Oh yeah!

How?

Nokia is fighting back with a device that makes the iPhone look like an overrated iPod.

…how?!

This is a media phone with always-on Internet connectivity, think proper HSDPA, not worthless EDGE.

Okay, so the only thing this has over the iPhone is 3G rather than 2.75G.

But!

This is slated for release sometime next year.

…at which point the iPhone will have 3G as well!

# moiety
Comment on August 29th, 2007 at 10:29 pm

Like I said… Delusional.

I mean, the article amounts to “ZOMG! At some point in the future, Nokia will release a 3G touchscreen phone, about which we know NOTHING — no specs, no idea about the hardware, or design… But, like, ZOMG. APPLE IS TEH DOOMED LULZ.”

rolleyes

# chucker
Comment on August 29th, 2007 at 11:09 pm

Hopeless.

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