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To continue your idea, n9 was stable at launch and with v1.3 it is pretty solid for a platform that was effectively abandoned. If Nokia had continued to invest
by blub 14y ago
To continue your idea, n9 was stable at launch and with v1.3 it is pretty solid for a platform that was effectively abandoned.
If Nokia had continued to invest in performance optimizations, bug fixes and new hardware it would fight shoulder to shoulder with the Android and iOS of today.
- untog 14y agoThe OS would be ready to fight on features, but not on audience- that's the problem. Anyone launching a new platform in today's mobile landscape needs to have significant aces up their sleeve. Though there's no guarantee of success, Microsoft pairing up their desktop and mobile offerings is one such way to increase your chances of breaking the market. Nokia had no such benefits. It's very uncertain how they would manage to persuade people to make apps for their devices, and for customers to buy the phones.
- azakai 14y agoNokia had huge such benefits. A gigantic brand (outside of north america), amazing relationships with carriers, etc. The article mentions these. Through a series of horrible mistakes these benefits have been squandered away, but that does not mean they did not exist before.