The iPod nano is like the 5th ipod generation. It does tons of things *less* than its hardware is actually capable of doing - see how versatile one becomes when it has Linux installed in it. Besides, it has fewer features than many competitors - even though I can say it does the few things it does *right*, it can't record audio properly, it has no radio capabilities, and so on. Should some no-name (or even recognised brands like Samsung) release an mp3 player exactly like the nano (I must admit Apple design is gorgeous) feature-wise, it would probably go unnoticed. The sucess of the nano has much more to do with good design and brand recognition than anything else. So, with all due respect, and I am not saying the 770 haven't got to improve a lot, I think your comparison with an iPod is moot. > > Elad, > > thanks for pointing out the article. > > Having read the article, I have to say that, aside the poor choice of > article headline on the part of the author, I do not agree with your > overall assessment of the article. I thought the author's overall > assessment was actually reasonable. > > Based on what I have read on this list, in terms of problems, turns of > the OS image, etc. I have to conclude that Nokia has a long way to go in > learning how to launch a consumer product like this (new technology + > new target market). Just think if the Apple IPOD Nano came out with as > many problems as the 770? Apple years ago learned the the process of > launching consumer products like this the hard way with their failure > with the Newton PDA (new technology+new market). Nokia is learning with > the 770, which is clearly not the same as a mobile phone product. > > I am encouraged by what I read on this list that the technical problems > are being worked out and perhaps the next release of the 770 hw will > address performance concerns as well. I think also that 770 pricing is > an issue in the U.S. at least where the market is awash with technology > substitutes. The price for the 770 really needs to be at ~~$200 to grab > the attention of consumers who could care less about which OS it is > running. Again, using Apple's IPOD Nano as an example, that rough price > point of $200 hit the market "nail" on the head. At that price point it > is not unusual to find households with several IPODS. > > Best Regards, > > > > John Holmblad > > > > Televerage International > > GSEC Gold, GCWN Gold, GGSC-0100, NSA-IAM, NSA-IEM > > > > (H) 703 620 0672 > > (M) 703 407 2278 > > (F) 703 620 5388 > > > > primary email address: jholmblad at aol.com > > backup email address: jholmblad at verizon.net > > > > www page for texting: www.vtext.com/users/jholmblad > > text email address: jholmblad at vtext.com > > > > > > -- > Jeferson Lopes Zacco -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-users/attachments/20060127/caab2e83/attachment.htm
