Nokia responds to Apple's iPhone- from TechDigest

I agree with you for the most part, I have a mac at home and love it, but I hate the IPOD. (talk about proprietary formats)

My main concern is apple's venture into a market they have no experience in....how's the call quality for one thing, and how reliable will that touch screen be? Will the batteries cost $200 and have to be replaced by Apple? Will accessories be easily available?

When I say I'm going to wait, I mean 4-6 months after the release...let the early adopters find out if it's flawless or full of bugs.
 
well 3G is not really that famous/hot in hong kong and japan as well. It was consider a failure when it was launched in both places back then. So i dont see why it would be a huge success in NA except for maybe 25% of the population, and thats a VERY generous estimate imo.
 
Yeah, fair enough, I'm with you on all your points. Especially the 4-6 months after release - all us Apple guys know to avoid 1st gen Apple products.
 
Unfortunatley.. Network providers GSM/CDMA are controlling the cell phone manufacturers & the end users in US It should be the otherway. Users don't have luxury/right to choose what they want

I agree on the stupid 2 year contract on junk phones .. average cost no more than $100.
 
Not all phone cameras are crappy. Try N73 & tell us your feeedback. During my recent vacation I endedup using N73 as a main cam as the memorystick was full on my Sony 7.1MP Gigi cam. The pics turned out to be excellent & no one beleived that the pics were taken with my N73 cam.
 
Of course our cellphone market is challenged.....how long did it take for gsm to become a real mainstream choice here in the US.....and thts the standard for the rest of the world.
 
Some interesting commentary:
http://scobleizer.com/2007/01/10/the-iphone-reality-distortion-field/
http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2007/01/10/the_five_bigges.html
 
I really find it pointless to spend the energy on a UMTS radio when only a handful of markets even *have* a UMTS network.

Additionally it is absurd that Nokia will hold Apple's feet to the fire on this since they have completely ignored the UMTS networks in the United States anyway -- as someone already said.

It is funny to watch Nokia paying attention though. The iPhone is going to cannibalize the NSeries for a lot of people.
 
This goes with my earlier comment.. cell providers controlling the market. They have invested a lot in CDMA in the begining & they are trying to squeeze max outa it. Hence the delay in the GSM...
 
1. I would hardly call over 160 markets "only a handful" http://www.mobileburn.com/pressrelease.jsp?Id=2970

2. Nokia has not "completely" ignored the 3G networks in the US, they simply cannot get Cingular to launch one of their phones. To date they have tried three. The 6282, N80, and N75 (the last of which is still in the works).

3. I don't see how the iPhone is going to cannibalize anything. It's a very niche product, as Apple hinted by setting their goal at only 1% of the world market. The N-series still have more to offer than the iPhone for most people.
 
i agree with rcadden. THere are like no n-series phones under cingular anyway. And I would rather get a n95 unlocked for $800 than paying $600 for a locked 1st gen iphone along with a nasty 3 year contract
 
I don't want to create another thread on this crap .. but look at this...

Cisco Sues Apple Over Use of iPhone Name

Looks like copy cat Mr. Jobs used someone elses trademark!!

Cisco Sues Apple Over Use of iPhone Name for Its New Handheld Device


SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Cisco Systems sued Apple Inc. in federal court Wednesday, saying the computer maker's new iPhone violates its trademark.
The lawsuit, filed in San Francisco federal court, came just a day after Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs unveiled the Apple iPhone in dramatic fashion at a trade show in San Francisco.

But even while Jobs was trumpeting the product during his keynote address to Apple faithful, the matter of the product's naming had not been resolved behind the scenes between two of the biggest names in Silicon Valley.

San Jose-based Cisco, the world's largest network-equipment maker, has owned the trademark on the name "iPhone" since 2000, when it acquired InfoGear Technology Corp., which originally registered the name.

And in the spring of last year, Cisco's Linksys division put the trademark to use and began shipping an Internet phone called "iPhone" that uses the increasingly popular Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP. The product was officially launched three weeks ago.

Details at the link ...

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070110/cisco_apple.html?.v=18


What do you guys think??
 
The subset of HoFo members is not even close to the consumer market.

This is the first time ever that I have friends and family members asking me when they can spend this much money on a mobile device.

The American consumer goes for the free phone.

This is going to turn the industry in the United States on its head. Nokia couldn't buy this much buzz.
 
And until then Nokia will continue to get their teeth kicked in by people like Samsung. SAMSUNG?!

I am aware that NOK has a global reach that Apple doesn't have. But NOK needs to really start paying attention to Apple's entry. Nokia still doesn't have the same easy of use that they had with S40 and they certainly don't have the Apple-level of fit and finish on their products.

the iPhone will hit its 1% market targets anywhere it launches.

Edit: s/into/in\ by/g
 
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