If the 870 had a pull-out keyboard, that would be compelling enough for me. Otherwise, I'd probably skip a generation or two. K -- Sent from my Nokia 770 http://astroturfgarden.com ----- Original message ----- From: Jonathan Matthews-Levine <matthewslevine at gmail.com> To: maemo-users at maemo.org Sent: Mon Dec 4 2006 04:29:32 AM EST Subject: Re: [maemo-users] 770 on the way On 11/30/06, Gary <gary at eyetraxx.net> wrote: > Jonathan Matthews-Levine wrote: > > > Remembering, of course, that 99%+ of the 770s sold have been, > > IMHO, *not* on contract, but with the end user paying the full retail > > price. > > Why would the 770 be sold by mobile phone companies in the first place? > And if so, why would there be a service agreement tied to it? That was sort of my *point* :-) I was attempting (badly!) to make the point that the usual product pattern for Nokia/SE/whoever - where they release some new, interesting device and then release incremental/facelift upgrades that'll support themselves through the artificially buoyed up market of telco contracts - may not be very well suited to the full-price, no-contract-available 770 upgrade. Following from this *and* the 770's fairly (let's be nice :-)) /niche/ market, the 870/780/880/whatever needs to be both a compelling device for new buyers AND a compelling upgrade for existing 770 owners! All IMHO, of course :-) Jonathan -- matthewslevine at gmail.com "That sounds vaguely obscene, and if there's one thing I cannot *stand*, it's vagueness." -- Dean Grennell _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users at maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
