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To: slacker711 who wrote (3339)	4/27/2005 2:14:37 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9255

First Nseries Hands on Previews << My first reaction to these handsets is that it is very nice to see Nokia get its design mojo back. You combine these announcements with the 8800 and Nokia has completely revamped their high-end handset lineup. The N90 and N91 are big, but they are absolutely packed in terms of features. The N91 has a miniHD, WCDMA, stereo Bluetooth and WLAN....WOW! >> Nokia sure did kick it up a notch. As for the N91 I say WOW! to. As for the launch itself trio I say WOW! If Nokia isn't "Back" they are well on their way and the new terminal platform enabled by the high-level, real-time, Symbian OS v. 8.1a supported by Nokia's Symbian Series 60 2nd Edition Development Platform with Feature Pack 3 and the Nokia Series 60 UI is really something. I'm not sure any competitor has as solid a foundation and they certainly don't have the development community Nokia has. Michael Oryl from Philadelphia's MobileBurn was in Amsterdam: mobileburn.com So was Jørgen Sundgot from InfoSync: infosyncworld.com As for Jørgen's appellation of "Nokia's N91, also known as Steve Jobs' wet dream," Ben Wood, analyst from Gartner has declared to the BBC that ... "All phone producers dream of the music market, but going against Apple will be difficult, considering that iPod is already a standard. ... Nokia is saying that this device means users won't need a separate digital music player but there is always a compromise with converged devices. ... It is all very well to say camera phones are outselling digital cameras and MP3 players but people who buy them are not necessarily going to download music or take pictures." news.bbc.co.uk His point is well taken. Markets for both converged and stand-alone single purpose devices will certainly exist, but one only has to look at what impact smartphones have had on the PDA market to start to think about what 2.5G/3G/WLAN digital convergence has in store. These are early converged devices. Imagine what will be on shelves for the 2007 holidays. Best, - Eric -

To: slacker711 who wrote (3339)	4/27/2005 8:08:26 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9255

Nokia's Platform Evolution Mr.Fun says ... I think this Mr.Fun I refer to below is a former SI poster: Member 3671206 Hopefully clipping a post from another message forum in it's entirety without the authors permission is not completely tasteless. The author of the post below is "mr.fun" from NY and the forum is Mobile-Review. "mr.fun" is a very astute observor of the wireless scene and this is what he had to say a few days ago about Nokia's platform approach to product evolution: tinyurl.com =============================================================================== >> By 2001, when the state of art of the phone was changing very slowly, if at all, Nokia started to become completely obsessed with manufacturing efficiency and low cost. While it had pioneered the concept of "platforming", that is using a core design and spinning off modest varients, it started to get very rigid about it. The idea was 90+ of the components would be exactly the same across every phone in the family, and realistically, Nokia had 3 real families - Series 20/30, Series 40 and Series 60. This design philosphy worked well in the years in which little changed - 2000 through mid 2003 - but by mid 2003, the pace of innovation had really picked up and Nokia's rigid process couldn't accomodate it. It had "standardized" on the much criticised 128x128 4K color screen and the bar form factor, and couldn't change very quickly. Even hot swappable MMC cards were a real challenge for the company. Note that Nokia has COMPLETELY redesigned its process for product development - interchangeable modules have replaced the rigid platforms, so look for Nokia to be MUCH faster in response to market trends and much more flexible in its design approach. As for physical design, I think Nokia got a bit rigid in that respect as well. It didn't help that certain form factor choices were off of the table because of the "platforming" but I think Nokia had two approaches - classic and outlandish, and had a hard time with anything in between. That said, I like many of the products that Nokia has been bringing out lately - 6680, 8800, 6670, etc. - so maybe Nokia is breaking out of its rut. It interesting that the rest of the competition is working to become more "platform" based in their approach - particularly Motorola and SE - so we'll see if they get caught making some of the same mistakes as Nokia. Right now, Nokia has a pretty impressive pipeline of products, both announced and unannounced coming. This year, I think they'll take alot of market share back. << =============================================================================== I consider the above to be an EXCELLENT and observant post, and better stated by "mr.fun" than what I might offer in the same vein, but I'll probably attempt to expand upon it. - Eric -