Though the Nokia 770 mini-tablet combines a unique set of features that includes a bright screen and easy wireless Web and e-mail access, the device cannot make calls like a cell phone, a serious flaw for many consumers, and a worrisome choice to analysts concerned that that Nokia is ignoring its core business.
Don’t give them the pageview - it’s just a wonderful example of NotReallyGettingThePoint in action.
e.g.
‘”Nokia would be better off coming out with a fashion replacement phone, like the Motorola Razr” […] says Jennings.’
Yep. That’s nailed the most important point. Why do these hi-tech companies even /bother/ developing new products if they can’t put the end result in a “fashion” shell?
Muppets.
– jc
PS Had my 770 ordered for me yesterday 
Yeah, Forbes lately follows the National Enquirer path to get more traffic, they bash bloggers, open source, etc. Nevertheless, one of the points that provides an interesting read.
Comment by admin 11.16.05 @ 1:02 amI do believe that if Nokia stayed within their “business”. They would still be making rubber. It’s called innovation. Thinking outside the box. What ever you might want to call it. It’s a wonderful product with great potential at a price point that allows for a person with the most humble of incomes to have a voice on the internet.
Comment by aram 11.16.05 @ 2:04 amHmmm…amazing how an “established” magazine gets it wrong on about every count:
“compact Internet browsing tablet, a hazy product category that hasn’t caught on with consumers”
This is a NEW product category, unlike any currently existing internet tablet : full web-browsing on a pocket size device at an affordable price….
“device cannot make calls like a cell phone–a serious flaw”
Device is NOT meant as a replacement cell phones (at least not yet),but as a COMPLEMENT to it.Moreover VOIP will soon enable phone calls…
“Nokia is ignoring its core business”
Nokia understands its core business extremely well enabling them to anticipate the direction in which this very business is evolving
“can’t see many people replacing a laptop or PDA with the device”
Again, Nokia 770 is not meant as a replacement for current laptop market,rather as an extension to it, enabling many more (consumer) customers to be able to afford a portable computing/browsing device and for which a laptop would be out of reach…
“The 770 will most likely compete with a few ruggedized devices and mini-notebooks”
This borders on the ridiculous: a new market segment is “invented” as someone saw a 770 surviving a fall…
“Nokia works most successfully when they have a channel relationship with a partner”
I would disagree with this.Without ignoring the role of partnerships, I believe Nokia always has experienced a strong marketing pull : customers want Nokia for its user interface, reliability, state of the art…
“Nokia brings the new device to market at a time when sales of hand-held devices such as Palm personal digital assistants and Pocket PCs are down 22%”
The handhelds referred to are expensive, only have VGA resolution at best, have no clear positioning, and hence certainly do not compare with the single-minded Nokia 770
“The last time Nokia launched a hybrid device, the results were disappointing. The N-Gage,…”
Well, this comparison does not go anywhere either. The Nokia 770 is NOT a hybrid device : it has been designed from scratch with only one thing in mind: outstanding web browsing user experience at an affordable price
If the above views reflect the perceptions of Nokia’s competitors, then there is a great future for the Nokia 770 and its successors…
Dominique Bonte
Comment by Dominique Bonte 11.16.05 @ 3:43 amI think their point that Nokia might sell “only a few hundred thousand” was interesting. Is that a failure? Besides, they are still sold out in Europe. They must have sold all of them
Comment by Dave 11.16.05 @ 11:49 pm“the device cannot make calls like a cell phone, a serious flaw for many consumers”
I think the Nokia 770 would be too large to be a cell phone for “many consumers.” Who would really want to carry one around as a phone?
Comment by Marc 11.17.05 @ 12:45 amHey Dave & Dominique, the article on Forbes has a Comments link below it. I think your comments are excellent.
I don’t see any comments posted yet. Maybe comments aren’t shown under the article like a lot of sites do…
Comment by Ima pseudonym 11.17.05 @ 7:38 amWhat a mind-blowingly dumb article. Either the writer has a chip about Nokia, or she got Palm or Microsoft to write the story for her.
We should start a Rachel Rosmarin Watch. Do you think this is the same writer?
Student examines mysteries and media for thesis
Comment by pb 11.18.05 @ 3:36 am[…] Other Links regarding this: Sign up for DSL, get a 770 Nokia veering into non-phone territory?? Nokia 770 apps Forbe’s writeup Tags:770, bluetooth, linux, nokia, slashdot, wireless wireless technology […]
Pingback by The Techie Blog » Blog Archive » Nokia to Release 770 Internet Tablet on Thursday the 16th 07.11.06 @ 4:20 am