The Guru

The Guru, aka Ricky Cadden, started Symbian-Guru.com in November 2006, out of his excitement for the S60 3rd Edition version of Symella. The Guru has used Symbian devices since the Nokia 6620, and is known for his perspective as a power user. You can follow The Guru on Twitter at @Rcadden

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  • http://www.ssixty.info/ Vlad

    Brilliant post! My thoughts exactly. Apple will score the hype win on this one too, and it really is too bad.

  • http://www.ssixty.info Vlad

    Brilliant post! My thoughts exactly. Apple will score the hype win on this one too, and it really is too bad.

  • http://intomobile.com/ Stefan Constantinescu

    negative, apple didn’t copy nokia, universal is trying to reinvent their business model and want to partner with as many people as possible: http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9900250-7.html

  • http://intomobile.com Stefan Constantinescu

    negative, apple didn’t copy nokia, universal is trying to reinvent their business model and want to partner with as many people as possible: http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9900250-7.html

  • http://www.symbian-guru.com/ The Guru

    Thanks for the link, Stefan, that was a side I hadn’t read about before posting this. However, I still stand by my opinion that these web services can’t be marketed and launched the same as a handset, with so much lead time, without risking the competitive advantage.

    I’ve always been bothered by Nokia’s announcement timing, though.

  • http://www.symbian-guru.com The Guru

    Thanks for the link, Stefan, that was a side I hadn’t read about before posting this. However, I still stand by my opinion that these web services can’t be marketed and launched the same as a handset, with so much lead time, without risking the competitive advantage.

    I’ve always been bothered by Nokia’s announcement timing, though.

  • Sandy

    I agree to your point of view absolutely. Why don’t they make the service ready and then launch, or announce in its beta phase? Nokia should thank the Almighty that N-Gage has not yet been copied. They have made the customers wait for eternity, and if in any way, SE puts up a PS phone, N-Gage will bite the dust even before its ‘launch’.

  • Sandy

    I agree to your point of view absolutely. Why don’t they make the service ready and then launch, or announce in its beta phase? Nokia should thank the Almighty that N-Gage has not yet been copied. They have made the customers wait for eternity, and if in any way, SE puts up a PS phone, N-Gage will bite the dust even before its ‘launch’.

  • http://www.serkoart.com/ Serko

    Honestly I was never a huge fan of Nokia’s announcement for one primary reason: DRM only .wma music files…

    If Apple manages to pull something similar off (it’s still a big rumor) I think they’ll be able to pull something more impressive off from the get go for three reasons: connections in the music industry, software development skills, and a proven track record with offering digital music platforms.

  • http://www.serkoart.com Serko

    Honestly I was never a huge fan of Nokia’s announcement for one primary reason: DRM only .wma music files…

    If Apple manages to pull something similar off (it’s still a big rumor) I think they’ll be able to pull something more impressive off from the get go for three reasons: connections in the music industry, software development skills, and a proven track record with offering digital music platforms.

  • http://pdaphone-fan.blogspot.com/ Bruce

    Don’t agree about the timing of the announcement — just about every article about Apple’s new announcement has compared them to Nokia. Since Apple’s the king of buzz these days, if all their buzz is co-opted a bit by Nokia, Nokia wins.

    But do agree about the delays in Nokia roll-outs — just about everything they’ve announced has rolled out half-baked and late. Looks like software business units is a bit harder than just a reorganization.

  • http://pdaphone-fan.blogspot.com/ Bruce

    Don’t agree about the timing of the announcement — just about every article about Apple’s new announcement has compared them to Nokia. Since Apple’s the king of buzz these days, if all their buzz is co-opted a bit by Nokia, Nokia wins.

    But do agree about the delays in Nokia roll-outs — just about everything they’ve announced has rolled out half-baked and late. Looks like software business units is a bit harder than just a reorganization.

  • Nokia Music Employee

    The reason that everything at Nokia Music is taking so long is that negotiations take forever. The roll-out country by country has been slow due to the need for publisher agreements and in terms of ‘Comes With Music’ the major labels have been very hard to agree terms with. Universal are obviously signed up and Sony BMG. EMI will follow soon and then Warner. The indie labels will sign up quickly with the big 4 on board. I can’t see that Apple won’t find the same problems we have had and will be at least next year before they launch something similar.

  • http://NokiaMusicStoreUK Nokia Music Employee

    The reason that everything at Nokia Music is taking so long is that negotiations take forever. The roll-out country by country has been slow due to the need for publisher agreements and in terms of ‘Comes With Music’ the major labels have been very hard to agree terms with. Universal are obviously signed up and Sony BMG. EMI will follow soon and then Warner. The indie labels will sign up quickly with the big 4 on board. I can’t see that Apple won’t find the same problems we have had and will be at least next year before they launch something similar.

  • http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2008/03/nokia-comes-with-music-back-in-the-arena.html Nokia “Comes With Music” Back In The Arena

    [...] service, but as the time passed, we have all grown to think that it was announced way too early, as Ricky explained it a few days [...]

  • http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2008/08/sony-ericsson-goes-drm-free-will-nokia.html Sony Ericsson Goes DRM-Free, Will Nokia?

    [...] which limits the number of difference devices you can use a single track on. Nokia also has its forthcoming Comes With Music initiative, which will offer 1 year of free music bundled with specific handsets (details on which handsets [...]

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