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Nokia Had a Production-Ready Web Tablet 13 Years Ago

Posted by Soulskill on from the beginning-of-the-end dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Here's another story of a tech gadget that arrived before its time. Nokia created a web-ready tablet running EPOC (later to be renamed as Symbian) thirteen years ago. The tablet was set to go into full production, and they actually built a thousand units just before it was canceled. The tablet was scrubbed because market research showed there wasn't demand for the device. The team got devices for themselves and the rest were destroyed. The team was then fired. The lesson: Don't try to be pioneer if you're relying on market research studies."

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  1. Zontar - prove your words here libeler by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "You barge into discussions with your off-topic hosts file nonsense" - by Zontar The Mindless (9002) on Friday April 11, 2014 @09:51PM (#46731153) FROM -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p...

    Show us all a post where I put up material on hosts where it doesn't apply & is OFF TOPIC.

    You can't, obviously, can you? Nope... lol! That makes YOU a lying bullshitter.

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    "for a crapware host files app that nobody in his right mind wants to allow anywhere close to his system" - by Zontar The Mindless (9002) on Wednesday April 16, 2014 @12:24PM (#46769393) FROM -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p...

    You say my program's useless?

    Disprove 17 points here showing hosts give uses more speed, security, reliability, & anonymity if my program's useless http://start64.com/index.php?o...

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    You also said MY program is a virus?

    I disproved that too here WITH PROOF FROM A RELIABLE & REPUTABLE SOURCE IN THE SECURITY COMMUNITY who hosts my app (malwarebytes hpHosts) which you are FREE TO VERIFY by email if you like as MY proof!

    http://slashdot.org/comments.p...

    (Which I always produce from reputable sources, NOT fellow "trolls" whom I have destroyed, like I am destroying YOU loser (see ps below)):

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    You said by turning up cpu priorities in my program I am turning off the processscheduler?

    "He's effectively turning off the Windows process scheduler to make his process run faster." - FROM -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p...

    Again: How would the process scheduler be turned off by doing that?

    APK

    P.S.=> Can't get out of your crap now, can you? Nope... same with using arstechnica as your backers - BIG mistake!

    I annihilated arstechnica, & outside their private playpen where THEY STALKED ME TO, no less!

    Funny:

    You can't seem to explain WHY Jeremy Reimer and Jay Little's websites were removed by CrystalTech &/or Shaw CA hosting providers

    IF I am "so bad", why did THAT happen to them? apk