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To: BDAZZ who wrote (102338)	5/28/2011 6:44:21 AM
From: JeffreyHF	12 Recommendations Respond to of 197307

Right, BDAZZ, it was all about the preservation of cartel power, incestuously intertwined with the GNP of Finland, and Euro protectionism. They stifled the public craving for a speedy, untethered, ubiquitous wireless world, metering out incremental improvements as fit their self-absorbed plans. Theirs was a self-destructive design, doomed to failure from the inception, and solidified so by hubris and self-deception.

To: BDAZZ who wrote (102338)	5/28/2011 10:25:59 AM
From: pyslent	4 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 197307

"it had huge potential but people were not interested in surfing the web with the primitive GSM speeds." A Communicator over 1X or even EVDO wouldn't have fared any better. There were Treos and Blackberries running on both CDMA and GSM at the time, and they were no more than niche products. I think you forget that the iPhone, the first truly successful smartphone, was EDGE-only. Nokia had their heart in the right place-- they recognized that veritical integration would be important and wanted to be Apple, not Dell. They just couldn't execute.