On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 02:41:04PM -0700, Mark wrote: > On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 10:24 AM, John Holmblad > <jholmblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Jean-Christian, > > > > you are, of course, correct in that Nokia has had tremendous success > > with mass market mobile phones................ but not PDA's or IT's. > > > > Nokia might do well run the following experiment (in situ if you will) > > to get a better (and sooner than 2 more generations from now) grasp of > > what the mass market really expects/demands from an IT like product.. > > > > * Select a diversified (from janitor to exec level) sample of say > > 100 NON-Technical employees of Nokia from around the world who do > > not already own/use an IT and provide them with a N810 + a mobile > > phone with data service but with all other apps besides voice on > > the mobile phone itself disabled. Disabling those apps obviously > > will force the user to "get to know" the N810. > > > > * Provide no training, only the documentation in the product box. > > > > * Let them use the combo for 90 days > > > > * Run a focus group (or a few) at the end to record experiences, > > attitudes, perspectives on their use of the n810 > > > > My own theory, so far unproven is that a truly successful IT product > > should be able to take away market share from the smartphone market, > > allowing the user to replace their smartphone with a less powerful > > handset that supports voice + data (as a modem) + bluetooth + a very > > strong battery and which for the most part, stays in the user's pocket. > > > > If Nokia had ever finished the software for the tablets, they would > *already* have taken market share from the smartphone market. It makes > a lot more sense to tether to a "dumb" phone (that is usually much > smaller and lighter and is easily and cheaply replaced by a newer one) > for Internet connectivity and have a device that is more or less open > and very software upgradeable than an expensive smartphone that will > be quickly outdated and basically not upgradeable. Sure, you may be > able to get lots of apps, but you're pretty much stuck with the form > factor and shipped OS. Apple is certainly doing well with their ipods -- even though they're not phones. -- hendrik _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
