Seems that The Register is having a good ole dig at Nokia, saying that the handset market is stale, and that the Apple iPhone will save the day:
Nokia’s recent announcement heralding the arrival of “widgets” is further proof that the entire mobile industry is a rudderless ship furiously innovating in circles.
Nokia still has the market share that it does today can only be explained by dark art of “brand psychology”. The N-series must surely take the cake as the world’s most ill-conceived range of phones, being slower than treacle, as reliable as Windows 3.1 and clearly designed by a committee of unloved marketing droids.
Handset manufacturers merely seem to have lost the plot.
Apple does seem to make the perfect bogeyman for the mobile phone industry. What could be more scary than an organisation capable of working in total secrecy, with a track record of creating highly desirable products, headed by a man who’s beaten cancer and an SEC investigation and comes equipped with a Reality Distortion Field that would make Darth Vader jealous. Frankly, its just what the doctor ordered for this very sick industry.
I know that there are a lot of Nokia users out there and was wondering what you think about this?
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. The only difference in the iPhone and the other high-end handsets available unbranded is marketing. Features are comparable to handsets that have been available on the market for a while, as is usability. The only difference is that Apple markets, Nokia doesn’t (in the US.)
Erm . . . Sorry I would have to disagree with that.
Multi-touch is a very big deal indeed!
I love Nokia to bits, but Apple is in another league completely. The iPhone is going to be a massive success, and I think Nokia already know this.
I disagree too. Its a bit like saying that the only difference between an iPod and MP3 player is branding. It clearly isn’t
When Apple first released the iPod, they were struggling yet their player garnered near instantaneous success. It genuinely was groundbreaking and from all that I’ve seen so far, the iPhone looks amazing too. yes there may be other phones out there that do similar things too but there are other mp3 players as well…