Comments on: Competing with iPhone: Nokia

By: atmaspheric | endeavors » Blog Archive » Nokia N95 with US 3G Support - Coming Soon!!

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:46:19 +0000

[...] would have a hard time wanting to use my iPhone over the N95 on 3G. Let’s hope it also comes with more RAM to push this into a no contest [...]

By: Rui on how Nokia can beat the iPhone | Roland Tanglao's Weblog

Rui on how Nokia can beat the iPhone | Roland Tanglao's Weblog — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:01:36 +0000

[...] the RAM as I blogged before as Rui seems to agree below and using faster processors (in addition to proper marketing of their phones as Jonathan blogged) would make all the difference. Read the whole thing for Rui’s complete prescription. FROM The Tao [...]

By: Jonathan Greene

Jonathan Greene — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:51:17 +0000

Absolutely – that’s low hanging fruit. The current firmware release did absolutely nothing though to address memory issues which plague the N95. I don’t know whether their is simply no available memory based on how the FP1 release works and would require more physical RAM to fix or whether Nokia can squeeze more out of the existing platform. Either way it needs addressing.

Your graphic card driver issue should be resolved now, not with an update. I had not heard about issues with the cards… sorry to hear.

By: Sacha QS

Sacha QS — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:39:56 +0000

I see. But don’t you think it’s easier to update buggy firmware when possible, instead of throwing hardware first? We’re talking about hardware that took months to design. Just an example: Imagine what would happend if Apple didn’t make any software updates or new functionalities? You, me and others would be very angry. (I have a brand new Santa Rosa MBP with loosy graphic card driver, waiting for an update…). I know, I’m off topic.

By: Jonathan Greene

Jonathan Greene — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 04:37:23 +0000

I was thinking well beyond firmware … an actual hardware replacement / upgrade.

By: Sacha QS

Sacha QS — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:31:11 +0000

You’re right with point number 1. Nokia should, at least, offer propper firmware updates. It’s a shame to see wonderful devices (I have a N93), with so much potential, be so buggy. It’s like once they release a phone, they don’t care about the software anymore.

By: Jonathan Greene

Jonathan Greene — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:10:53 +0000

I think that given the iPhone is locked to ATT for 5 years, they can use the unlocked piece to their advantage. Granted there’s only one other GSM carrier in the US that matters and they don’t have a CDMA high end device, but there’s a lot to be done here in general.

By: Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:06:39 +0000

The problem is Nokia does not want to bend to operators, something they have to do if they have any chance in hell for becoming something in the USA.