Some Thoughts On The Nokia Netbook

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Interesting to see the number of comments and discussion on my thoughts on Nokia producing a netbook sized device over on All About Symbian. Here’s one of my key points:

If Nokia are going down this route, I’d suggest doing what the majority of other manufacturers are doing and use Linux, probably with a custom theme on top of Ubuntu. While Maemo is kicking around, it’s again for a small pocketable device with limited functionality (go on, argue with me). A Nokia netbook is going to need a decent ‘proper’ operating system. The magic sauce from Nokia would be two-fold. First they would be able to provide decent connectivity apps to their S40 and S60 devices. Secondly, they need to program an Ovi Suite of apps for Ubuntu that allows access and local storage to the address books, calendars, music stores, maps, share, and everything else under Ovi. Bingo, a full suite of PIM, Media and Entertainment apps.

The full article and discussion can be found here.