Since Nokia World, there has been a lot of positive buzz and discussion around Nokia’s operating systems. However, in the past couple of days, there have been some speculative stories about Nokia’s operator customization strategy for Maemo. Many reports have erroneously suggested that Nokia will not support operator customization for Maemo devices – a fact that is simply incorrect.
Perhaps a bit of background is needed here.
BOSTON, USA – We spend all day glued to our data streams looking at phones and gadgets and Web services and changes in tech and so on. We fall into the rabbit hole of the nitty gritty and crave to touch the fantastic hardware.
But, I try hard to see what’s happening above that, as well, such as large industry trends (or non-trends) or events that I think are tremendously significant, but usually missed by the folks around me.
Below, I list two very interesting things that will get you talking. The first one compares phone usage patterns in the US and Europe. The second one is about some African hackers.
BOSTON, USA – Just yesterday I wrote about how you sometimes never know what folks will develop, or not develop, for a device. True, one commentor split hairs over what might be core or not core. But, the point is, when a device goes out, it might never end up in the hands of the user in the same way the product manager imagined a pristine device would.
Read on as I show examples of this and elaborate a bit further on this thread.
UK and USA – Two items recently caught my eye. Both showed different aspects of government stepping into the phone space, either trying to increase competition, or trying to gain some control.
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