Why Nokia failed: 'Wasted 2,000 man years' on UIs that didn't work

Re:Why Nokia failed: 'Wasted 2,000 man years' on UIs that di... by viraptor on Thursday March 10, 2011 @02:50PM (#2310458)

> Nokia hasn't had a single device that rivals the iPhone's technical capabilities

Which iPhone? Version 4? Of course not. 3GS? Have a look at N900. The hardware is pretty much comparable, with N900 being slightly better in many categories. More memory, 32GB storage in every model, twice the screen size, additional flash memory, 2MP more on the camera. Actually the only place where iPhone wins completely is the multitouch screen.

So out of 4 released iPhones, only the most recent one is definitely better than N900.

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Re:Why Nokia failed: 'Wasted 2,000 man years' on UIs that di... by micampe on Thursday March 10, 2011 @03:34PM (#2310661)

> Actually the only place where iPhone wins completely is the multitouch screen.

That's no small thing though. I had the N810, which I'm pretty sure used the same display and sensor as the N900 and the touch screen was just painful to use.

I think an actually working touch screen sensor has been one of the biggest things the iPhone introduced (or popularized, mobile phones at the time all insisted on resistive sensors, probably because of lower costs).

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Re:Why Nokia failed: 'Wasted 2,000 man years' on UIs that di... by viraptor on Thursday March 10, 2011 @04:49PM (#2310951)

I'm not judging features here as more or less important. I just meant to point out that N900 can easily be a rival to all but the most recent iPhones from the technical point of view. I'm not sure about N810 screen - never used it. I'm ok with the N900 one, although yes, it could be more sensitive. But I'd honestly take resistive screen over the cap. one for the advantage of using it in gloves (my hands are easily getting cold ;) )

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Re:Why Nokia failed: 'Wasted 2,000 man years' on UIs that di... by philthy on Thursday March 10, 2011 @09:01PM (#2311808)

Well you have some valid points but I'd like to remind you the screen size is meaningless with a weaker graphics chip.

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Re:Why Nokia failed: 'Wasted 2,000 man years' on UIs that di... by viraptor on Friday March 11, 2011 @12:47PM (#2314161)

N900 and iPhones (both 3GS and 4) run on basically the same GPU - PowerVR SGX 530 and 535 respectively. Original and 3G were lower spec (PowerVR MBX Lite).

It easily handles games like NFS in fullscreen with pretty nice shading. Fullscreen movie playback is also good.

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