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Nokia's iPhone, No Seriously

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the phone-in-cheek dept.

Several readers have written to tell us that Engadget has a look at Nokia's visions for the future. "It was presented during Nokia's GoPlay event this morning as a glimpse into the future of Nokia interface design. Oh, and it's due out next year. When pressed during the Q&A about the striking similarity to the little Cupertino device, Anssi Vanjoki — Nokia's Executive VP & General Manager of Multimedia — said, 'If there is something good in the world then we copy with pride.' Well, ok then."

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  1. This is S60 4.0 by Eugenia+Loli · · Score: 5, Informative

    This will be based on Symbian's S60 4.0 new version btw, not Linux. It's just the evolution of their S60 smartphone platform.

    1. Re:This is S60 4.0 by digitalchinky · · Score: 4, Informative

      No, it will be more expensive, have an illogical and clunky user interface, and take 8 firmware revisions before it becomes remotely stable enough to use. (I used to be a nokia fan boy, though I stopped with the N80 which cost me around $750 US when first released) As has now become tradition, nokia will require that every single piece of software be signed before installation, though they will find a way to screw that process up even more than they have now. The operating system will spend more time chatting to the TPM chip than all previous symbian versions put together, DRM will be significantly enhanced and soak up any remaining CPU cycles such that it takes at least 3 seconds for any key press to register, followed by another 4 seconds to update the screen. (And that's on a good day)

      Until nokia pull their heads out of their collective arses and ease up on the pointless file system restrictions, symbian 3rd edition was the last straw not only for me, but a good many others going by forum chatter. I will not be buying nokia at all.

      The alternatives aren't much better, but at least most have already been broken by 3rd party solutions. BB5 is still hit and miss.

    2. Re:This is S60 4.0 by pyrrhonist · · Score: 4, Informative

      Because Apple were categorically the first company ever to release a pocket device with a touchscreen.

      Actually, the Casio PB-1000 was the first to have this feature in 1987.

      Apple also had competition in the PDA market when it first introduced the Newton in 1993. The Casio Z-7000 "Zoomer"/Tandy Z-PDA were introduced a couple months later. These devices also featured a touch screen with handwriting recognition.

      --
      Show me on the doll where his noodly appendage touched you.
  2. Re:Turn it on its head by nine-times · · Score: 5, Informative

    Noah Wylie, while playing Steve Jobs said that "good artists copy, great artists steal"

    That quote is stolen from Picasso, I believe.

  3. Re:Can't anyone see it's a joke/hoax? by bob_dinosaur · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's no hoax.

    Nokia had a huge launch event in London on the 29th to announce a US 3G version of the N95, the N81, the new version of the N-Gage platform, the Ovi brand (maps, games, & other services), as well as to demonstrate the touchscreen S60 interface mentioned in this article.

  4. Re:Can't anyone see it's a joke/hoax? by Nazlfrag · · Score: 4, Informative

    No, this is legit, it's coming from the London GoPlay launch event. There's a pic of it from a live blog here.