Comments on: IDF Ultra Mobility Keynote

By: turn.self.off

turn.self.off — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:10:37 +0000

cant comment on the video player except that i know nokia got things messed up on the hardware side thanks to a bandwidth choked display controller. not something that can be fixed in software.

on mail, modest is now default. and i would say its a good improvement on osso-mail, the old client.

btw, if intel is smart, they let nokia do the trailblazing and then move iin to take the glory

moblin for instanced use the gtk based hildon framework. a framework that nokia developed for its tablets iirc.

By: Will

Will — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:29:27 +0000

IMHO that is one of the problems. A “typical” user wants a device that works out of the box. The N810 for example shipped with a completely useless and unstable email client and a lousy video player.

This typical user won’t be willing to put up with the sometimes working repository, fire up the command line or continually download patches/updates or reflash the OS every few months.

The Nokia ITs OS is aimed at tech geeks. If it ran the iPod Touch/iPhone OS, sales would have been exponentially higher.

By: turn.self.off

turn.self.off — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:43:46 +0000

hmm, to me the software on the tablets are ever improving

By: Will

Will — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:08:36 +0000

I wouldn’t discount the importance of software on MIDs as I think poor software is largely to blame for the failure of Nokia’s Internet Tablets.

I think Intel has largely gotten the hardware right (although I think Poulsbo should be have been fabbed on 45nm), so now device manufacturers and software developers will be largely responsible for the success or failure of the MID market.

By: turn.self.off

turn.self.off — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:54:21 +0000

sound like mids will have the same issue as the netbooks. the software will be what seperates them from each other…

By: Sascha

Sascha — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:22:32 +0000

Wow, it seems you’ve been on a GUI and case studies convention…

Weird

By: VinegarDoppio

VinegarDoppio — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:03:20 +0000

Is the concept mid of Moorestown showed?
Or we must remaing with the old images that are already on internet?

By: jkkmobile

jkkmobile — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:59:46 +0000

samsung???

run to their stand and stay there!

By: IDF Ultra Mobility Keynote

IDF Ultra Mobility Keynote — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:58:21 +0000

[...] Random Feed wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt…starts in a few minutes. People looking a bit tired as its an early start here at the Moscone Centre! I’ll update as we go along….if the Wifi holds up. 0810 - We’re off….Dadi Perlmutter going over highlights of Day 1. We’re waiting for Anand… Interesting that the OQO device is not on the stage today… Anand now on stage. Nice warm-up video. JKKMobile gets quoted in the video! A lot of stats on the screen. Apparently 2:1 prefer full internet. Not suprising. Compal MID on stage. Demo of Gyp [...]