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It didn't change the world. The iPhone did 10 years later. I guess the article is of interest because it has this wrong claim weaved in and even at it's time th

It didn't change the world. The iPhone did 10 years later. I guess the article is of interest because it has this wrong claim weaved in and even at it's time the "Nokia Communicator" wasn't a big success. Maybe we didn't know what FAANG-like success looks like at that time and everyone thought "Nokia is such a respectable, successful company in Scandinavia". Probably the article is of interest now because, we didn't see 2006 (year the iPhone came out) and all the years after. Shrinking a laptop to the size of a telephone wasn't the right thing to do.

seba_dos1 5y ago
We have all noticed that the world has changed with iOS and Android, and we're still trying to recover from that disaster.
- mnmmn123456 5y ago
  We have a free marked and please just buy what you want. Did you buy a Nokia?
asymptosis 5y ago
I don't know why you're getting downvoted. The thought arises: what's the motivation for Deutsche Welle to suddenly post an article about a derelict Finnish proto-"smartphone"?
- unixhero 5y ago
  At the time Nokia was not derelict. It is stated in the heading, it is now 25 years ago when Nokia started its path to become a global juggernaut.
  - asymptosis 5y ago
    When did I say Nokia was derelict? Please pay attention to what I really wrote.
    - deleted 5y ago
      [deleted]
unixhero 5y ago
You apparently never used one.
- asymptosis 5y ago
  You seem to have a problem with literacy. The user claims it never changed the world (true) and you claim they never used one (irrelevant).
- asymptosis 5y ago
  When you flag and downvote someone it doesn't make them wrong. Feel free to let me know some time what I said which was actually incorrect.
bserge 5y ago
Well, not the iPhone, but Apple's marketing. We had everything the iPhone did with Windows Mobile. Hell, even Symbian did fine. They were just aimed at "professionals" and completely ignored consumers.
- soylentcola 5y ago
  Yeah...I remember the iPhone release. I was so jealous of the capacitive screen and solidly implemented graphics acceleration. But compared to the HTC WinMo phone I had at the time, it was missing such futuristic capabilities as 3G data, GPS for turn-by-turn nav, 3rd party apps, copy/paste, MMS, background apps, front camera (although it was less important because video calls on 2G was a non-starter), and the ability to even change your background or ringer to something that didn't ship with the thing. Definitely glad that others were soon to follow with the more modern displays, because the first iPhones themselves were like a step back in many other ways compared to the Palms, Blackberrys, and PocketPCs of the day.
  - bserge 5y ago
    At the time I had a Tytn II, which had all of those. Guess that's why I never got the iPhone.
    - soylentcola 5y ago
      I also had one of these (that's what I was referring to). Between that and AT&T exclusivity in the US (right after all the domestic wiretapping info became public) it just wasn't an option for me at the time.
- toast0 5y ago
  Did Windows Mobile have firmware updates independent of carriers? AFAIK, Symbian didn't. Getting updates on the regular changed the world (not always for the better)
  - bserge 5y ago

seba_dos1 5y ago

We have all noticed that the world has changed with iOS and Android, and we're still trying to recover from that disaster.

mnmmn123456 5y ago
We have a free marked and please just buy what you want. Did you buy a Nokia?

asymptosis 5y ago

I don't know why you're getting downvoted. The thought arises: what's the motivation for Deutsche Welle to suddenly post an article about a derelict Finnish proto-"smartphone"?

unixhero 5y ago
At the time Nokia was not derelict. It is stated in the heading, it is now 25 years ago when Nokia started its path to become a global juggernaut.
- asymptosis 5y ago
  When did I say Nokia was derelict? Please pay attention to what I really wrote.
  - deleted 5y ago
    [deleted]

unixhero 5y ago

You apparently never used one.

asymptosis 5y ago
You seem to have a problem with literacy. The user claims it never changed the world (true) and you claim they never used one (irrelevant).
asymptosis 5y ago
When you flag and downvote someone it doesn't make them wrong. Feel free to let me know some time what I said which was actually incorrect.

bserge 5y ago

Well, not the iPhone, but Apple's marketing. We had everything the iPhone did with Windows Mobile. Hell, even Symbian did fine. They were just aimed at "professionals" and completely ignored consumers.

soylentcola 5y ago
Yeah...I remember the iPhone release. I was so jealous of the capacitive screen and solidly implemented graphics acceleration. But compared to the HTC WinMo phone I had at the time, it was missing such futuristic capabilities as 3G data, GPS for turn-by-turn nav, 3rd party apps, copy/paste, MMS, background apps, front camera (although it was less important because video calls on 2G was a non-starter), and the ability to even change your background or ringer to something that didn't ship with the thing. Definitely glad that others were soon to follow with the more modern displays, because the first iPhones themselves were like a step back in many other ways compared to the Palms, Blackberrys, and PocketPCs of the day.
- bserge 5y ago
  At the time I had a Tytn II, which had all of those. Guess that's why I never got the iPhone.
  - soylentcola 5y ago
    I also had one of these (that's what I was referring to). Between that and AT&T exclusivity in the US (right after all the domestic wiretapping info became public) it just wasn't an option for me at the time.
toast0 5y ago
Did Windows Mobile have firmware updates independent of carriers? AFAIK, Symbian didn't. Getting updates on the regular changed the world (not always for the better)
- bserge 5y ago