Then you're assuming wherever you arrive will have all those things available for your use. But such a place would probably provide a PC as well - because who just has PC accessories lying around without a PC? We're stuck in a loop now.
A dockable phone is nice because you can connect a big screen, a real keyboard, and so on. But guess what's easier to carry than all that shit? A laptop! And then the dockable phone doesn't seem so hot anymore. Also, if everything you run is web-based anyway, why do you need Windows desktop apps?
How much did they pay for the hardware on which to run it?
Not necessarily much. You can buy a nice refurbished PC for $100, and it will be perfectly sufficient for people who don't play modern games or do heavy graphics work - that means most people. Then you could spend another $100 on the operating system, $100 on the office suite, $100 on this and $100 on that... or just grab some Free software.
Again, it depends on how they play their cards. If the device has the quality and style to convince people it is a Nokia, not some generic device with a Nokia sticker, it will sell well.
Americans tend to underestimate Nokia, because North America was the only region where Nokia was not the undisputed king of cell phones. And that's just because they would not compromise: carriers wanted to disable functions from their high-end devices to sell them separately, Nokia said no way.
Besides, the regular guy doesn't know about the shady deals here. When he hears "Nokia", he doesn't think "Stephen Elop" or "burning platform" or "Windows Phone". He thinks "that simple but near-indestructible phone that I must still have in some drawer and will probably work if I tried to turn it on". Nokia is still a respectable name to billions. So if they play their cards right, if the quality of the products is really good, you better believe the new Nokia-branded devices will sell a lot.
I wouldn't worry so much about the safety of GMO food, but the "intellectual property" bullshit involved. What could be the consequences of giving certain few corporations so much power over something as essential as a country's food supply? That's just insane.
Back in the day, the press was all gushing praise on OS/2 for being so much better than Windows, so advanced and reliable... and yet IBM kept selling PCs with Windows. I recall thinking that was very weird. If they would not put their weight behind their own system, why would anyone?
If people were really excited about MeeGo (which they weren't) then it makes little sense that Nokia would have seen continued market share erosion after its release and before Elop killed the platform in February 2011.
Because Elop the Saboteur had already declared that the N9 would be Nokia's only MeeGo device, and they were going with WP no matter what. The reviews at the time were all: "this phone is fantastic, the operating system is the best, too bad it's a dead man walking."
Nokia used to be the king of cell phones essentially everywhere but North America. So yes, the brand is still powerful, because of some great stuff they did before the disastrous WP move.
So all those games Microsoft played with Elop to get Nokia (the top selling smartphone at the time), and its ends up with nothing. Not even the name.
It's even worse, when you think about it.
MeeGo was very likely to be hugely successful. It could be the dominant platform now, or going head to head with Android. It would be a more divided market, with room for smaller platforms, possibly WP among them. But, with MeeGo stillborn and WP widely rejected, the market quickly consolidated around Android, with iOS alone retaining its luxury niche. To the point that there is no room left for a "third ecosystem" now.
Stephen Elop fucked up in the exact right ways to make Android unstoppable. Google really should write him a check.
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When even "iVerge" criticises Apple's attitude this harshly, you know it's some real shitty attitude.
The solution is simple: do not be stupid enough to buy anything from Apple in the first place.
>implying it isn't
Desktop programs let you choose where you want to save. Mobile programs often do not.
Then you're assuming wherever you arrive will have all those things available for your use. But such a place would probably provide a PC as well - because who just has PC accessories lying around without a PC? We're stuck in a loop now.
A dockable phone is nice because you can connect a big screen, a real keyboard, and so on. But guess what's easier to carry than all that shit? A laptop! And then the dockable phone doesn't seem so hot anymore. Also, if everything you run is web-based anyway, why do you need Windows desktop apps?
How much did they pay for the hardware on which to run it?
Not necessarily much. You can buy a nice refurbished PC for $100, and it will be perfectly sufficient for people who don't play modern games or do heavy graphics work - that means most people. Then you could spend another $100 on the operating system, $100 on the office suite, $100 on this and $100 on that... or just grab some Free software.
Again, it depends on how they play their cards. If the device has the quality and style to convince people it is a Nokia, not some generic device with a Nokia sticker, it will sell well.
It could happen: freeform windowed multitasking is an experimental feature of Android N.
While I would greatly prefer that, Nokia has their own launcher. Some people love it, but it's really not my thing.
Americans tend to underestimate Nokia, because North America was the only region where Nokia was not the undisputed king of cell phones. And that's just because they would not compromise: carriers wanted to disable functions from their high-end devices to sell them separately, Nokia said no way.
Besides, the regular guy doesn't know about the shady deals here. When he hears "Nokia", he doesn't think "Stephen Elop" or "burning platform" or "Windows Phone". He thinks "that simple but near-indestructible phone that I must still have in some drawer and will probably work if I tried to turn it on". Nokia is still a respectable name to billions. So if they play their cards right, if the quality of the products is really good, you better believe the new Nokia-branded devices will sell a lot.
I wouldn't worry so much about the safety of GMO food, but the "intellectual property" bullshit involved. What could be the consequences of giving certain few corporations so much power over something as essential as a country's food supply? That's just insane.
Remember that scene from "Pirates of Silicon Valley"?
Steve Jobs: "We're better than you are! We have better stuff."
Bill Gates: "You don't get it, Steve. That doesn't matter!"
Back in the day, the press was all gushing praise on OS/2 for being so much better than Windows, so advanced and reliable... and yet IBM kept selling PCs with Windows. I recall thinking that was very weird. If they would not put their weight behind their own system, why would anyone?
If people were really excited about MeeGo (which they weren't) then it makes little sense that Nokia would have seen continued market share erosion after its release and before Elop killed the platform in February 2011.
Because Elop the Saboteur had already declared that the N9 would be Nokia's only MeeGo device, and they were going with WP no matter what. The reviews at the time were all: "this phone is fantastic, the operating system is the best, too bad it's a dead man walking."
I recall reading that Nokia had a huge contract for MeeGo devices with a major Chinese carrier. They were going to make it big there.
Nokia used to be the king of cell phones essentially everywhere but North America. So yes, the brand is still powerful, because of some great stuff they did before the disastrous WP move.
So all those games Microsoft played with Elop to get Nokia (the top selling smartphone at the time), and its ends up with nothing. Not even the name.
It's even worse, when you think about it.
MeeGo was very likely to be hugely successful. It could be the dominant platform now, or going head to head with Android. It would be a more divided market, with room for smaller platforms, possibly WP among them. But, with MeeGo stillborn and WP widely rejected, the market quickly consolidated around Android, with iOS alone retaining its luxury niche. To the point that there is no room left for a "third ecosystem" now.
Stephen Elop fucked up in the exact right ways to make Android unstoppable. Google really should write him a check.
Nearly all modern smartphones are very fragile - they'll break very easily - and are a pain to repair.
True, but there are exceptions. Ever seen the Moto X Force? It can withstand some crazy shit, such as a 275 meter drop.
Emoji is for illiterate imbeciles who lack the skill to express themselves with text - or, at most, text-based emoticons.
Technically, Flash - or FutureSplash Animator - was first a FutureWave product.
Actually, Flash is a contraction of FutureSplash.
That's pretty badass. I have an Ultra Classic.
How can it be Fallout when it's not top-down and turn-based? Everyone knows Wasteland 2 is the true modern Fallout.
With SheepShaver you can go all the way to Mac OS 9.0.4.