Christian Lindholm’s tribute to N95
Christian Linholm (former Nokia director, former Yahoo! VP) just posted an excellent piece titled “Nokia N95 is really a leap ahead for the mobile industry”, in which he captures the significance of N95:
…as an exciting device:
it is the most existing mobile device I have used in years. It has everything. … It does produce spontaneous WOWs.
…as an engineering effort:
For anyone who makes phones, the N95 must be a source of stress. The sheer level of complexity to engineer this device would make most engineers have sweat pearls in the forehead. This is the most sophisticated gizmo at 120g ever engineered. Congrats guys, my hat off.
…and as a manifestation of a bigger revolution:
As an outsider I am constantly surprised by the seemingly acceleration of utility in some many domains. When I put the N95 next to my wife’s 6682, they seem to be from a different decade, and it is only two years ago. The N95 to me is yet again proof that we are living a mobile revolution that is about to transform society in a profound way.
Me. One. Thank you.
“The N95 to me is yet again proof that we are living a mobile revolution that is about to transform society in a profound way.”
With the greatest respect to Herr Lindholm, I disagree on this particular issue:
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/The_Last_Smartphone.php
I don’t get it:
“Me. One. Thank you.”
> I don’t get it:
> “Me. One. Thank you.”
Could I have one, please?
Krisse: really good point: true revolutions come from bottom-up, not top-down.
But still, I think there’s no denying Mr.Lindholm’s big picture: the whole field is currently developing remarkably fast, and there are big changes underway.
“But still, I think there’s no denying Mr.Lindholm’s big picture: the whole field is currently developing remarkably fast, and there are big changes underway.”
Oh yes, I agree that technology has to be developed in the first place in order for it to get cheaper and more widespread.
And if you offered me an N95 I would be quite pleased…
It’s just sometimes technology ends up being innovative but not really that useful, for example the Concorde passenger jet was hugely innovative and pleased aviation fans but it ultimately did nothing to revolutionise air travel. No one misses it now that it’s gone.
The Segway is another example of genuine technological innovation failing to produce anything beyond novelty value for enthusiasts (if the inventor had used three wheels instead of two and an expensive gyroscope, it would have cost a tenth of the price and might have actually sold well).
What’s worrying is the poor 950mAh battery in a HDPSA/WiFi/GPS/etc. etc. device. I thought after the N80 Nokia won’t do the same mistake.