Dotsisx

Dotsisx, aka Rita El Khoury, joined Symbian-Guru.com in September of 2007, and has been writing awesome content ever since. Rita often explores the normal user aspect of Symbian-powered devices, and offers in-depth thoughts on various topics. You can follow Dotsisx on Twitter at @Khouryrt

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  • I also believe that Nokia will surprise us all in 2009, and keep many of us quiet for a while.
  • It is not that I agree with you - it is that both you and me know it's true. That's when i8510 etc. become boring. Nokia has some cool stuff coming up.. Like tomorrow etc.. Hehe
  • It could be a complete shift in strategic thinking... rather than release hardware that is rough and ready, could Nokia now be taking their time, refining the device before launch? It's possible I guess.

    Part of reason for the unrest that some of us feel is not that there has been a lack of innovation, but that Nokia have actually gone backwards at times in the last couple of years.
  • Lets hope that for a change we get to see logical forward movement of the features itself.

    I guess its asking too much... but one needs to bring in 'point and shoot' camera processing technology, optical zoom, VGA screens, HDTV compatibility, HD recording... But before all of that... lets please have next gen batteries and wider adoption of bioplastic.
    Time to make the smartphones, smarter and greener!
  • I sure hope 2009 will be an innovative year. I like @Aditya's ideas of innovation meaning greener phones with better batteries, not just 1000MP cameras. With the touch interfaces coming out from Nokia as well as other manufacturers, more 3G from the carriers, and the rising expectations even from NorMobs, I think everyone is expecting '09 to be a great year for mobile innovation!

    Exciting times!
  • What can a mobile do more than N96 does?:-)
  • horia, I could go on forever about other devices that outperform the N96, even some it meant to replace. But the reason for unrest isn't the N96, but its slight difference from the N95 8gb. I've done my fair share, or more, of ranting and raving about my dissatisfaction with Nokia.

    But you really need to listen to the spirit of the article. It speaks of the maturation of technology, or the sunset of 3rd Edition. Its absolutely the final chapter, as 5th Edition and Maemo5 will be the landscape for Nokia's next innovations. I agree. They'd have wasted time and money creating more innovative hardware for 3rd Edition.
  • I really like you post - mainly because I have been thinking along the same lines.

    I see the "Nokia is boring/falling behind/napping" complaints as a manifestation of a clash between the kind of innovation early adopters crave for, and the kind of innovation Nokia is doing to make money.

    Early adopters want radical innovation: new UI's, new OS, new hardware etc.

    Basically since releasing the original N95, Nokia has been leveraging their platform (S60 OS + hardware) to create a variety of devices targeted at different needs and customer segments. By combining modular and incremental innovation, Nokia has been able to achieve this variety and thus cash in on the investment in platform R&D.

    This is what smart companies do to make money and like you, I do not for a minute think this implies Nokia is not cooking up something new...
  • Nokia really needs to innovate on email apps. Even the email app at beta labs sucks. Too slow and doesnt render HTML. Blackberry and iPhone beat Nokia hands down as far as email interface is concerned.
  • @christaexport; I tried to be the devil's advocate:-)
  • Nokia has always been strong on the hardware side, so I don't worry about that. Their handsets are feature-packed and by far the most durable on the market.
    But a few months ago one of you at symbianguru pleaded Nokia to do more on the Software side. And I agree. Although S60 is finding its way more and more into mainstream handsets, its usability still lags behind S40. I still need far more key strokes for the same actions on S60 compared to S40. And the overall speed is still not as good as with S40 phones.
    To speed up innovation, I also want to see more cool software stuff like the betalabs guys are bringing us.
    Apple has shown how innovation can be propelled with a good SDK and an even better application store. Nokia has to make sure that it is as easy and attractive as possible to help them spur innovation and get the most out of these great handsets.
    Nokias open source plans for S60 could help open up more APIs and make developing for S60 even more interesting.
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