Comments on: Just where is mobile computing headed? http://conversations.nokia.com/2008/10/28/just-where-is-mobile-computing-headed/ Stories from around the Nokia neighbourhood Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:42:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ARJWright http://conversations.nokia.com/2008/10/28/just-where-is-mobile-computing-headed/comment-page-1/#comment-308 ARJWright Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:51:32 +0000 http://conversations.nokia.com/?p=234#comment-308 Semantics (branding) is a powerful thing. Once established, it is a bear to have the mind change on something so... personal. Its ok if Nokia wants to further its ideal that smartphones/mobiles are computers. For all that Nokia puts into their devices, this is indeed the case. It is also indeed the furstration of when you do change the semantics of an object, the expectations of that object then have to change with it. One cannot call it a multimedia computer, but then call a broken-feature an aspect of this being a phone. Product philosophy and execution have to meet at the same place for a paradigm shift to be realized. Else all you end up with is a muttering fo definitions and a company that looks like it lied in trying to be first. Not sure that Nokia needs that kind of attention. Semantics (branding) is a powerful thing. Once established, it is a bear to have the mind change on something so… personal.

Its ok if Nokia wants to further its ideal that smartphones/mobiles are computers. For all that Nokia puts into their devices, this is indeed the case. It is also indeed the furstration of when you do change the semantics of an object, the expectations of that object then have to change with it. One cannot call it a multimedia computer, but then call a broken-feature an aspect of this being a phone. Product philosophy and execution have to meet at the same place for a paradigm shift to be realized.

Else all you end up with is a muttering fo definitions and a company that looks like it lied in trying to be first. Not sure that Nokia needs that kind of attention.

]]> By: jbpseudo http://conversations.nokia.com/2008/10/28/just-where-is-mobile-computing-headed/comment-page-1/#comment-309 jbpseudo Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:04:07 +0000 http://conversations.nokia.com/?p=234#comment-309 No one woulld want to use a portable computer if he could do the same thing as effeciently on his mobile phone. 'Mobility' is the way to go! All that matters is the OS and the underlying hardware. Improve the already good ones ;) No one woulld want to use a portable computer if he could do the same thing as effeciently on his mobile phone. ‘Mobility’ is the way to go!
All that matters is the OS and the underlying hardware. Improve the already good ones ;)

]]> By: Konstantine http://conversations.nokia.com/2008/10/28/just-where-is-mobile-computing-headed/comment-page-1/#comment-310 Konstantine Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:44:46 +0000 http://conversations.nokia.com/?p=234#comment-310 I think yes, the mobile phones should move towards the mobile computers. The line in the sand would stay the same: the smaller screen size and a specific input methods that would influence the way, mobile devices interact with people. Kind regards, Konstantine I think yes, the mobile phones should move towards the mobile computers. The line in the sand would stay the same: the smaller screen size and a specific input methods that would influence the way, mobile devices interact with people.

Kind regards,
Konstantine

]]> By: msavela http://conversations.nokia.com/2008/10/28/just-where-is-mobile-computing-headed/comment-page-1/#comment-311 msavela Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:04:47 +0000 http://conversations.nokia.com/?p=234#comment-311 It's okay to recognise that the mobile devices are getting smarter and could actually handle a lot of the stuff we still feel we need a "real computer" for. But no matter what the devices are called, they still look like mobile phones. The way we use them remains the same. The devices are still heavily branded as music devices, multimedia devices, email devices etc. For an actual step across the line, I feel new devices should have all these qualities integrated nicely. Being able to easily use the tools and applications we want in our mobile devices is the real value here. It’s okay to recognise that the mobile devices are getting smarter and could actually handle a lot of the stuff we still feel we need a “real computer” for. But no matter what the devices are called, they still look like mobile phones. The way we use them remains the same.

The devices are still heavily branded as music devices, multimedia devices, email devices etc. For an actual step across the line, I feel new devices should have all these qualities integrated nicely. Being able to easily use the tools and applications we want in our mobile devices is the real value here.

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