usuable for regular people - that's awesome technology.
Maybe Nokia could have made a technically competitive smartphone in 2008 but they didn't. Why not? They thought they were competing on technology and that they had time. They weren't though. They were in the middle of a market changeover and they didn't see it.
If they came out with a phone that was technically competitive I don't think people would have bought it. They have one today and it's sales are disappointing.
This is true. I can remember waiting for a Nokia android device / a good touchscreen device with an app market before I got my first android. At that point I'd only really owned Nokia's and loved the reliability of them, but they just took far too long to come out with anything that could compete.
Maybe Nokia could have made a technically competitive smartphone in 2008 but they didn't. Why not? They thought they were competing on technology and that they had time. They weren't though. They were in the middle of a market changeover and they didn't see it.
If they came out with a phone that was technically competitive I don't think people would have bought it. They have one today and it's sales are disappointing.