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   From: wspirit@homechoice.co.uk   
      
   On 14/02/2011 08:48, Tom Shelton wrote:   
   > Lawrence D'Oliveiro expressed precisely :   
      
   > LOL.. Scared? What's wrong with having more choice? Isn't that what the   
   > hardcore Linux advocates are always saying - "Choice is good".   
      
   Choice is good but I where I might choose a Nokia Android 'phone, I   
   would never choose a Nokia WP7 unit.   
      
   I could see Nokia's troubles coming for a long time.  As soon as touch   
   screen 'phones started to become popular, they should have been   
   developing a serious alternative to Android and iOS.  Instead, they gave   
   Symbian a facelift when it should have been retired and committed enough   
   resources to Maemo for it to appeal to techies but not enough for it to   
   have widespread appeal.  We're at the stage now where technological   
   superiority of a platform has been eclipsed by the number of   
   applications that are available and Nokia have been a long way behind   
   for quite some time.   
      
   It's a shame.  My Nokia N900 is the best 'phone I have ever had and we   
   are unlikely to see anything like that again.   
      
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