Do not use that word…it does not mean what you think it means…

Anssi Vankoji, Executive Vice President at Nokia wants the technorati to know that there is more to mobile phones than the iPhone. VB: Do you think you have a flagship device that will beat the iPhone? AV: I don’t know if you beat a device with a device. What you have is a piece of … Continue reading “Do not use that word…it does not mean what you think it means…”

Anssi Vankoji, Executive Vice President at Nokia wants the technorati to know that there is more to mobile phones than the iPhone.

VB: Do you think you have a flagship device that will beat the iPhone?

AV: I don’t know if you beat a device with a device. What you have is a piece of hardware. You need software. For the basic functionality, we are beating iPhone hands-down today with our N Series products. We have a big jump to take in usability to make it really user-friendly. If you compare an N95 with the iPhone, we have a lot more features. Not all of them are easy for the normal consumer. You have to be a geek to make use of them. But we are taking quantum leaps to get better usability, and we will have many applications. We also don’t think the world is so simple that you just make one device for everybody. We know more about the consumers in the world than any other consumer goods company in the world because we have so many customers. We know they have different tastes and uses and so you have to offer a whole line.

OK.

quan·tum
n. pl. quan·ta (-t)
The smallest amount of a physical quantity that can exist independently

So, according to Nokia they are taking the smallest leaps possible to get better usability.

I’m going to have to leave the “features aren’t everything” rant until later. And the “it doesn’t matter if your platform is open if the foundations are sinking and no-one wants to develop for it” rant too.

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  3. Matt, good post.

    I’m sure we can have an interesting discussion about this some time, especially about your last two lines. Meanwhile, I’d recommend ‘the future of the Internet and how to stop it’ by Jonathan Zittrain.

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