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"Nokia was unable to give a firm timeframe on when its first WP7 phone would appear but it is hopeful for a launch before year end." I find this very telling.
by Toucan 16y ago
"Nokia was unable to give a firm timeframe on when its first WP7 phone would appear but it is hopeful for a launch before year end."
I find this very telling. As far as I can tell, Google made the first public announcement of the Open Handset Alliance in November 2007 and HTC released the first handset in October 2008.
Nokia and Microsoft who should both have more experience and resources specific to the mobile industry than HTC and Google did in 2007 are "hopeful" to even meet this timescale, let alone beat it.
In a year, Nokia will have even further to catch up. I'll admit I may be underestimating the difficulty of getting a new device to market, but it seems to indicate an aversion to risk-taking which may set Nokia even further back than they need to be.
- jlgosse 16y agoAgreed. By the end of the year (early next year), we're going to have Android devices with 2, 3 and maybe 4-cores, as well as a version of Android that no one could guess at right now (2.4, 2.5, 3.0, 3.1, 4.0 maybe?). Apple is going to be the same way. I can't imagine Apple not announcing new iPhone(s) and a new iPad this year in order to compete, so anyone who isn't rocking new hardware by the end of the year is going to get left behind. I'm looking specifically at Nokia and RIM, whose current phones are so outdated that it'd be embarrassing NOT to release something spectacular this year.
- nextparadigms 16y agoRIM has already "leaked" most of their planned high-end phones for this year, and none of them look spectacular.