"lack of girls"
My regular comment on difference in cultures, kids and youth
freely roaming the neighborhood, walking, meeting, using
public transportation, connecting.
(as they should do, first steps out of the family, into the
real world, become adults, in a safe enviroment, under some
respectful peer and adult oversight, the responsibility
of us adults)
One connecting link I have experienced, for example,
Scandinavia-Japan, railroad stations, parks,etc full
of teenagers out looking to meet teenagers.
Two summers ago one thing struck me, remembering how
difficult it was to find ones buddies, had to circle the
whole town to find that girl,etc, and how "easy" teenagers
of today can do almost the same with SMS messages.
"where are you","where are you going","who is there",
"seen him/her/them".
Plus the same for the parent-teenager link, as an uncle
I was allowed to call on the phone, sometimes, but not the
parents, during evenings out, the parents had to learn
SMSing.
All of this slightly different for different age groups,
12-14-16-18-20, even 30 and 40.
I have no facts, but my guess it was these free roaming
youths which probably made Nokia see the need earlier
than anyone else (compare i-mode and Japan)
Similar to how some still stuck in "middle manager" handset
user, did not understand how "ordinary" people wihtout
secretaries were the real customers.
The communicator, as I tried to "report", also strikes the
local bakery, plumber, etc, small entrepreneuers who
does not do their business in an office, out in the
field, service, repair, deliveries,etc.
What I am specifically happy about with Nokia is how they
have avoided the "brats", kept the "kid-models"
cheap but cool, implemented limits on usage per month
AS WELL AS sending a SMS message to learn how much
allowance there is left!!
(running ones own budget, deciding to call or send a cheaper
SMS message,etc, responsibility,etc)
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To my knowledge CSCO and Nokia has a win-win relation,
although what you infer can be possible, easier for
Nokia to inch onto CSCO's turf, than the opposite.
When some reliable implementation of high-low priority in
packet networks can be implemented, data and voice can
finally be integrated, but there is a lot of work to
do before that is done.
A lot of work for both.
Ilmarinen
Btw, the data operators are not like the tele operators,
data customers even have to swallow WinDoze.
Tele operators wag their dog in ITU, tell the
manufacturers to come up with solution, test them
and then decide. (except for the mistake with Q)
Btw,btw, the strategy for Nokia has been, since the 70s,
to listen and cooperate with the customer, not the
opposite.
Not governed by a wet dream for "world domination",
obviously not realistic for almost any company anymore.
(sorry, got back to the girls again, if one could
dominate them one would not need to be afraid of
underperforming) |
