Roger Sperberg at TeleRead asks whether Nokia will succeed in creating a non-PDA handheld market. Roger is talking about all the failed efforts to do it so far with mini-tablets and much-publicized OQO. Well, it’s not a secret that handheld sales have been falling, and it’s not just an unlucky quarter, it’s a consistent trend, where the customers seem to be disillusioned with the ideas of multi-functional “portable desktops”. Meanwhile, iPod sales are gaining, the industry is getting the iPod envy, and Apple is trying to stay abreast by introducing the iPods with photo and video capabilities.
Sperberg (he’s got a device through Nokia Developer program, so why not send us some photos?) writes:
When the Nokia 770 arrives, it won’t have phone capabilities, but Nokia has announced VOIP for the 2006. Linux for Internet Tablets and for cell phones lets them hedge their bets on which way telephony is going. And this is good news for those of us who want a small-form-factor computer with great ebook reading and browsing and email instead of a PDA with make-do capabilities.
I wish I did already have a device, but as far as I know only Nokians have them so far. I guess I phrased my disclaimer ambigously. I’ll definitely be showing it off once it does arrive.
I don’t think I’m the only one who feels PDAs are too small and too business-oriented, and notebooks too big (and too expensive). I think there is a market out there for devices like the Nokia 770, which are real computers and which you can use standing up.
Roger
Teleread — e-books: http://teleread.org/blog
Electric Forest — digital libraries: http://altheim.com/ef
Well =) if a 1024×768 screen using that 220 dpi comes to life, for sure it will be at a future 770 =) but I don’t think we can get a device with such screen on the same size of today’s 770.
Besides that : http://www.marceloeduardo.com/blog/archives/maemo-doom-almost-there
Doom running with pen based interface on maemo =) , after fixing a bug on the arm platform ( texture loading problems mainly ) the game is running incredible fast at fullscreen,
Best Regards
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