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To: Road Walker who wrote (131060)	4/17/2012 10:16:01 AM
From: Lahcim Leinad	1 Recommendation Respond to of 213172

But the leap from an iPhone to the unknown is too far a leap for me. I'm stuck to the iOS flypaper. Nice job Apple. Yup: Some reviews say that the Lumia “looks smart” but the “screen is dire” and “battery life is atrocious”. Apple and Google’s app market both play a large part in the Lumia’s current downfall. Think of it like this: if you’ve spent a small fortune on apps for the iPhone, how are you going to port them over to your shiny new Lumia? It’s two completely different app ecosystems so you can’t, and the many users who are wise to this, outright ignore a Lumia purchase. Despite Lumia’s “ smoking” other phones in app battles, the phones remain somewhat of a rarity in the hands of Joe Public. We’re ending off on a sour note and according to yet another European telecom operator, Nokia’s Windows Phones need to “disrupt the market to create client demand and release innovative products yet so far, they have done neither.” Read the full article detailing Nokia’s slow descent into fiscal hell here. For us, the N-gage will always hold a special place in our hearts. Oh for the glory days. More: Is the Lumia doomed to fail? \| Gearburn