According to Apple, the netbook market is not a market they want to partake in, because they believe the current crop of netbooks is not good enough. Well, good enough or not, netbook sales are still growing like crazy, according to the latest figures from DisplaySearch.
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Member since:2005-06-29
That is your opinion. There are plenty of smart phones that are still more popular than the iPhone. In the states, RIM is still beating Apple when it comes to blackberry vs iPhone sales. If what you say is true, imagine how popular the blackberry would be if they actually got it right!
Member since:2005-08-09
Member since:2006-01-23
RIM is beating Apple for four reasons:
1) All 4 major carriers have Blackberry products
2) Blackberry have a number of similar but different products
3) Time in the industry
4) Businesses often require Blackberry use
If Apple had a CDMA version and T-Mobile had a strong 3G network and there wasn't an exclusive agreement with AT&T, Apple would be further into the market. The number 1 reason iPhone owners dislike their experience is because of AT&T. Even Verizon has been advertising that their service for Blackberry products is better.
As Android becomes more complete, you can expect RIM to lose market share, also.
Member since:2007-09-06
Thoughts on the Nokia N900? They've taken the N810 and added a cell radio with mobile phone functions. For my needs, it blows the iPhones out of the water but I'm interested to hear other's thoughts (getting myself over the romance phase so I can plan the purchase rationally).
Member since:2009-08-26
Member since:2005-08-09
Member since:2006-07-26
I have N800 and it does a lot of things for me. Mail and RSS, Skype and Google Talk, GPS navigator for car and hikes, e-book reader, alarm clock, video and music player. This is what I really use. It is a great device for travel. And it does not cost me $80 per month for all of that.
If it has cellphone and internet access everywhere, it would be even more great, but, probably, it will have monthly service with some comparable price, so it becomes comparable with iPhone and android and others, and I do not know what to choose. See, maemo does not have apps, really. There are just few of them. And, as most of Linux apps, they are buggy. Sometimes up to the state of unusability. From the other hand, iPhone has a lot of apps. And they are polished. But closed. Hard choice, really.
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2005-08-09
I'm not a fan of iPhone, and I don't plan to buy one, but it is the first "smartphone/pda" style device DONE RIGHT.
I tried some of these things and I would like to squash WM/Symbian developers with a giant hammer in the name of nature.