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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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