S60 Open to new features

Tommi... This is a really nice and diplomatic article ;)

I'm too curious to see what will happen to the open platforms and how close Apples platform will stay since they only do this to "protect the network operators" as Mr. Jobs states.

Alex2

Or, for those that *do* want a chuckle and a scathing write-up, see our own Ewan's piece - "Introducing the i7650"....

http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/Just_One_More_Thing_Its_the_i7650.php

8-)

Steve

Ciao

I pleyd too on this review game for the iPhone, my thoughts is Apple MCNO:
http://www.biskero.org/?p=1062

Alessandro

Tommi, thanks for responding to my request! It is along the (thoughtful and very much agreed-by-me-too) lines I expected.

--Jari

Nice theory about sustaining innovation and how the established competitors win... I guess that was what Creative, Sony, Rio, iRiver etc. thought when the iPod thing started. :o)

One thing I find quite surprising about the whole iPhone discussions I have read over the last few days is how many compare it to S60, and how few compare it the Nokia N800 internet tablet, which in my view seems to be a much closer match in many respects: touchpad, few keys, much higher screen resolution, emphasis on web browsing experience. [btw: I am a bit surprised that the N800 still uses Opera rather than WebKit as its browser engine - funny to see that iPhone and S60 would share the same browser, while the N800 is the odd one out in this regard.]

Of course, the N800 does not have built-in GSM connectivity, but overall I would personally expect a potential Nokia entry for the title of "iPhone-contender" to come from the Maemo camp rather than the S60 segment.

My opinion? I have none... simply because it isn't something that would interest me. When asked this question at CES that was my reply. You can't force someone to judge or make an opinion if they are totally not interested in the device.

I will say this much... I'm glad that its finally out because this will get rid of months and months of rumors and Google searches!

Looks cool but... I was always a dedicated Nokia fan thru many years but went across to the dark side and succumbed to Blackberry a couple of years back. I have recently returned to a Nokia E61 for one major reason - the fundamental thing I need from a phone is sensational phone quality. I get that from Nokia but not BB(plus I love lots of the other E61 features). I wonder how Appple will go in that space???

PS - I do travel to lots of places in Africa, S America and Australia

> Nice theory about sustaining innovation and how the established competitors win...
> I guess that was what Creative, Sony, Rio, iRiver etc. thought
> when the iPod thing started. :o)

Well, I wouldn't call them established, because the mp3 player market was still in its infancy when iPod thing started. Just compare current music player sales volumes with the volumes in 2001 (when the first iPod was launched).

On the contrary, the overall mobile phone market (as Mr. Jobs defines it) grows relatively slow, and there are quite powerful established players.

Anyway, it'll be interesting to see how everything will eventually play out.