On Wednesday 04 July 2007 01:24:45 Alan Williamson wrote: > Sorry replied to the individual not the list -- man do i hate that > "feature" of the list (and yes for the record, i completely disagree > with every point made by that link that attempts to justify it) :) > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: Fwd: Skype on N800 > Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:23:31 +0100 > From: Alan Williamson <alan at blog-city.com> > Reply-To: alan at blog-city.com > Organization: Blog-City Ltd > To: James Sparenberg <james at linuxrebel.org> > > > The last point above has value in light of a recent development. I could > > point to 2 things 1. the shear hype surround the iPhone. and second the > > expert surfing done by the RAZR team managing to release a new "color" or > > other change every time sales began to slow. > > I agree -- the hype around the iPhone has been interesting to watch. > Especially as they address the awful onscreen keyboard usage which seems > to be getting people in a bit of a tizz. > > If you look at the video on the Apple site; they have everything the > N800 has, except for one rather cool little feature. But that is > something i am sure nokia could easily add in with a next release > (predicts which key you are going to press next and makes that box bigger). > > Nokia -- get thy head out of the sand and take a leaf out of that Jobs > boy book -- either start hyping up your cool stuff, or give US THE TOOLS > and we'll do it for you! One question right off the bat ... will Nokia be at Linux World in San Francisco this August. A few years ago the Zarus team managed to sell several hundred of them during the show just by demo'ing and offering a "by it now" discount. I know I've sold more than just a few just by using mine. Heck bring in both the 770 (at the current discount) and the n800 (at 10% off ror a show special or give away an extra battery/special case/whatever) I'd be willing to bet you could drop off several hundred in short order. Note too that the people buying these would be a combination of tech geeks (Sr Admins CIO's etc) and straight business types. James
