Well, it *was* the GM of Mobile Devices who said that. Mobile Devices oversees the XXXX models that do the volume sales for Nokia and land all across the world, esp. in emerging nations. Of course he'd question a touchscreen's value. Now if it had been the GM of Multimedia (re: the group that runs the Nseries models), I bet it would have been a different story.
Truth is, he's right. If your value of a phone is that it connects you with other people, a touchscreen is not a necessity, adds drain to a battery, add costs to manufacture and repair, etc. etc.. But if you're talking about high-end, luxury lines of phones that need to make people feel good at the same time, that's a wholly different ballgame, and is why Anssi seemed perfectly happy "copying what's good in the world." ;)
“The Pixi -- a sleek, tiny device -- seems clearly aimed at the only market Palm has recently enjoyed unfettered success with: the Centro demographic.”
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Well, it *was* the GM of Mobile Devices who said that. Mobile Devices oversees the XXXX models that do the volume sales for Nokia and land all across the world, esp. in emerging nations. Of course he'd question a touchscreen's value. Now if it had been the GM of Multimedia (re: the group that runs the Nseries models), I bet it would have been a different story.
Truth is, he's right. If your value of a phone is that it connects you with other people, a touchscreen is not a necessity, adds drain to a battery, add costs to manufacture and repair, etc. etc.. But if you're talking about high-end, luxury lines of phones that need to make people feel good at the same time, that's a wholly different ballgame, and is why Anssi seemed perfectly happy "copying what's good in the world." ;)