Nokia CEO: We're Thinking Laptops

[JMcEntegart]

Last month we were a little surprised to hear Dell was considering entering the smartphone market. While the initial canned response to the odd news was “bandwagoner,” the same cannot be said for Nokia’s decision to enter the laptop field, or so we thought.

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[Guest]

I think it might propel Nokia's stock towards a heady 8 euros.

 

[tenor77]

My $.02
The general key to business is to be early to the game, not late. I'm not saying the demand for Laptops/netbooks (though the netbook bubble is going to pop) is going away but they're going to have to give something good to make a profitable venture into the market.

 

[enewmen]

Nokia is already working on the next gen N810 (RX-51) kernel-2.6.27 which will have near all the capability of an EeePC with a OMAP3430 CPU 600 MHz & DSP 530 MHz., 4+" 800x480 screen, GPS, FM transmitter, accelerometer, OpenGL, 5mp camera + VGA webcam, QWERTY, TV-Out, a REAL Linux OS/REAL browser, etc etc.
So, this thing will lean towards the MIDs with a SIM slot to get CELL wireless internet.
There will also be a similar device called N97 which is Symbian S60 5th edition based and can actually make normal calls.
I'm actually very excited about these developments.
2 cents worth.

 

[grieve]

enewmen made this much more interesting. Perhaps Nokia does have something to offer.

 

[solymnar]

To me the real barrier to serious mobile productivity and function is having a comfortable keyboard that's easy to carry.

If they market that phone and have a collapsible keyboard you can use as an accessory that's a better fit. Otherwise I just don't see you whipping out a netbook to make a phone call. The keyboard (and possibly larger screen) need to be separate to keep the phone functionality intact. Having a light, compact keyboard (with a mount so that the screen is upright and steady freeing your hands) would help with the aspect of actually using it as a portable computer device.

 

[Guest]

Nokia's the closest company I know to Apple in terms of quality and attention to detail in design. Yet their products have a Nokia character that is very distinct from Apple's. There's obviously an overabundance of cheaply made, shove-new-models-out-door-fast as-possibly-can, generic laptops out there. Thinkpads are no longer nearly what they were when made by IBM. Nokia laptops sounds like a fantastic idea!

 

[etrnl_frost]

This will give the n-gage something to worry about!

 

[Guest]

Rock on Nokia, The products are really good and it will be fantastic to have their innovation and style in the netbook/laptop market, and a way of expanding symbian os for all

A VERY GOOD thing!!!!!!!!