A Nokia Netbook Would Be The Boost Needed for Ovi and Nokia

[slitchfield]

The rumours of a Nokia Netbook have lit up the internet. Even though it would have been hard to deny, the opportunities for Nokia's software services would surely outweigh the cost of building a commodity consumer electronics device. Ewan explains why.

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[Cjp]

Hi all. Iv been saying in forums i frequent for several years now that nokia should be making laptops.like most people iv got a windows xp laptop and have just recently got an acer aspire one netbook.everything from booting it up to turning it off in my opinion is a far better experience than my windows xp laptop.iv never used a psion or an n8xx but i know i for 1along with many other s60 users would jump at the chance of a nokia netbook so come on dont just talk about it nokia.build us 1!

[snoyt]

With the current state of S60 (3rd and 5th) no doubt secure and safe internet tablets (even 10" screens with full qwerty) could be created. Imagine running an lightweight OS that takes signed (secure applications) for doing banking, and e-mailing and blocks insecure applications from tainting those. A slight retouch of S60 might be required? Still it supports touch, can handle office documents and support mobile internet in 3G, wifi and WiMax... Excellent media support and webbrowsing support, java is there...

That's what I call secure mobile banking. Now, where can I order my NX-01 and go where none have gone before?

P.S. I am shuddering for a reintroduction of UIQ, it might even occur with 'mice' abundant in netbooks. Though something Qt-ish seems a more likely candidate. I ever wondered why SonyEricsson slept through this... O wait they already make fat ugly umpc's and delightful laptops.

Or how about a client for an EEE or something?

Kelly Johnson retired before the stealth projects, I think they were Ben Rich.

Not a rumor. It will happen for sure. FOR SURE !!!!!!!!!!!!!! For 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000% it is a reality.

[Ewan]

Yes good catch on the CJ/Stealth, although I'll argue that the Sr71 was supremely stealthy for it's time, and he was still contributing to the F117 while Rich was the lead of the skunkworks

[sapporobaby]

Originally Posted by Ewan

Yes good catch on the CJ/Stealth, although I'll argue that the Sr71 was supremely stealthy for it's time, and he was still contributing to the F117 while Rich was the lead of the skunkworks

THe SR-71 was not stealth as it did not need to be. It was simply faster than any other aircraft in the sky and most bullets on the ground. The pilots had to wear space suits and wait for the skin of the plane to cool down after their missions just so they could exit. If you ever heard an SR-71 go super sonic or take off, you would know that you were looking at something special.

[snoyt]

Yes, that fine china blend woke my grey cells.

Symbian is opensource to be. No doubt, a replacement OS for my netbook will arrive in due time! To be installed next to XP and Ubuntu!

May the force be with us!

[Ewan]

Originally Posted by sapporobaby

THe SR-71 was not stealth as it did not need to be. It was simply faster than any other aircraft in the sky and most bullets on the ground. The pilots had to wear space suits and wait for the skin of the plane to cool down after their missions just so they could exit. If you ever heard an SR-71 go super sonic or take off, you would know that you were looking at something special.

Ahem, lifted from Ben Rich's Biography:

In effect the Blackbird became the first stealth aeroplane, it's radar cross section was significantly lower than the numbers the B1B was able to achieve 25 years later... with the incredibly small radar cross section of a single engine Piper Cub .

I would just add that the Psion Series 7 (Netbook) also had touch screen capability.
Perhaps that tech could be incorporated into phones ;-)

[sapporobaby]

Originally Posted by Ewan

Ahem, lifted from Ben Rich's Biography:

In effect the Blackbird became the first stealth aeroplane, it's radar cross section was significantly lower than the numbers the B1B was able to achieve 25 years later... with the incredibly small radar cross section of a single engine Piper Cub .

Ewan,

You are 100% (did not use as many 0's as a previous poster) however I was more so talking about the 71 from the context of actually seeing one up close and personal. Truly a thing of beauty.

If you want to see a Nokia SR71 up close and touch one, go to Duxford, they have a wierd rough skin.

I saw one take off in the 80s, complete with leaking fuel haze etc.

If they were to release a netbook, I would think they'll use maemo, as it is already scalable enough to place onto the larger screen.

It's not going to be a laptop, this whole thing seemed to begin with a few comments from Mobile-Review. He mentioned the word 'netbook' but also sliding form factor 'with diamond shaped keys'.

IMO, they should either make a better N8xx (ie faster, cheaper and slightly larger,which gives it more space for a bigger battery) or a bigger N97/5800.

The netbook market shows that people want a device that's smaller than a laptop but bigger than a smartphone - with all the same features (including 3G). [Insert Folio reference here].

It also shows that they're willing to move away from Windows if it's easy enough to use (S60 is well known). So, either a 7" N8xx-like device running Ubuntu Mobile (N8xx shows Nokia have the skills to deliver good hardware with Linux integration) or a 5" S60 Touch device (slightly lower resolution compared to N8xx but much more advanced in terms of application support and usability - and hopefully easier for Nokia to develop if it has exactly the same electronics - this could be part of the 'lots of form factors for different markets' theme).

[Rafe]

I have just added my own thoughts to this article (and its an area I want explore in more detail in the future).

I think this is really about the convergence between mobile phones and PC's which will be a dominant discourse at the high end in the next 5 years or so.