Comments on: Nokia Unveils New Hardware, But Few Specifics for U.S. Users http://gigaom.com/2009/09/02/nokia-unveils-new-hardware-but-few-specifics-for-u-s-users/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:14:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: partabgar.net » Blog Archive » Nokia http://gigaom.com/2009/09/02/nokia-unveils-new-hardware-but-few-specifics-for-u-s-users/#comment-223134 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:12:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=67430#comment-223134 [...] Nokia Unveils New Hardware, But Few Specifics for U.S. Users 2 Sep 2009 … caption id=attachment_67469 align=alignleft width=76 caption=Nokia N97 mini][/caption] Nokia (s nok) executives are using the company’s … gigaom.com/…/nokia-unveils-new-hardware-but-few-specifics-for-u-s-users/ – Cached – Similar [...]

]]> By: What’s Wrong With Nokia, Part 1 http://gigaom.com/2009/09/02/nokia-unveils-new-hardware-but-few-specifics-for-u-s-users/#comment-223133 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:06:09 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=67430#comment-223133 [...] tweets yesterday with Michael Gartenberg, a respected gadget analyst who attended Nokia World, the Nokia-sponsored lovefest held this week in Stuttgart, Germany, and it was clear he was feeling underwhelmed. Understandably so. I didn’t have to fly to [...]

]]> By: Rick http://gigaom.com/2009/09/02/nokia-unveils-new-hardware-but-few-specifics-for-u-s-users/#comment-223132 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:42:53 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=67430#comment-223132 “…as Nokia learned earlier this year with the original N97, even the most impressive hardware won’t gain traction among U.S. users if it can’t compete on price.”

Well, not only that but most US customers aren’t really aware of unlocked handsets since the carriers don’t sell them and many of us go to the carrier site to see what we can buy. The number of people who even know about unlocked phones is small. The number who will spend the time to see which unlocked phones will work on their network is smaller. And the number of those who will pay a several hundred dollar premium is smaller still

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