Nokia needs a name-brand for the maemo devices
 

The Nokia device names N900, N97, XM 5800 - couldn't be something more interesting then numbers, numbers, numbers?

How about they create a new brand with a properly choosed name for the maemo device phone-series? Don't they see the advantage of a brand name like "iPhone" used and reused and easy to advertise, over numbers like XM 5800, XM 5610, N900, N95, N97, E71? What do you think?


Even the browser name at Nokia is with no inspiration, for Symbian the browser even has no name and for maemo is named "microb".
And talking about microB, why Noka cannot come with a better name for its web browser? Google is using "Chrome" like the new OS name they announced, so many companies care about the application names... and also device names... remember "Razor" brand name and "iPhone" brand name?

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"Rover" is a name.... ;)

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I'd rather not get a cool name for my device... that would raise the chance of someone stealing my device when I take it out to the beach in my 3rd world country.

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I hope Rover does not live up to his name and turn out to be a dog...:D

"dog" meaning...

Slang.

1. A person regarded as unattractive or uninteresting.
2. Something of inferior or low quality: “The President had read the speech to some of his friends and they told him it was a dog” (John P. Roche).
3. An investment that produces a low return or a loss.

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LOL! Rover-ed! :D

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I like dogs so I'd call that added value.

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From a slashdot article on life expectancy:

:):):):)

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I know exacty what you mean. With that said, do penguins have toes?

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Yeah, I'm kind of confused about the conversion rate between webbed feet, claws, hoofs and toes myself.

PS: This thread has more posts than votes :D

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Don't punish yorself to extremes, go to bed, have a rest, we will talk in the morning when you are less confused. :p

About nintendo DS and iPod what is the similarity?

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Yes, it is, but what about the official name?

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With the choices given in that poll, numbers IS okay... ;)

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The choices in the poll are only for some inspiration... I agree they are not cachy ... but this is the question, what name would you propose?

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I've already coined the term "maemofonino" in Italian... - so maemophone is my choice!

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I think a big factor in it is how maemo is actually pronounced.

See the link in my sig? That's more for show than anything, I still don't have a clear understanding of how it's said.

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maemo - IMHO I was always under impression it is pronounced as in Latin, so "memo" or with English spelling "m-eh-m-oh". Am I wrong?

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Uhh.. as thee flagship device of the N-Series and touted by applehaters everywere as the iPhone killer (sic).. I christen thee...

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I'm stuck on how they pronounce the "mo" in monica where Jesus is from....

Personally, I still say "May-Moe", even tho I know it's wrong.

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Id rather not have a name or anything for that matter plastered on my device...thats the only thing I dont like about the appearance of the new device, is that little tab that says nokia in the upper left.

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"Wait! I'll just go and get maPhone" or "You can use maPhone" or "I have maPhone here, let us see what the internet says"

maPhone FTW!

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When devising polls, please include an "Other" or "I don't like any of these choices" option.

Thanks,
Tim

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None of the above.

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While I don't like any of your get-us-thinking choices, I agree the maemo phones/tablets need a brand name.

I think maemo (especially with the proper pronunciation) is a terrible brand name (at least for the US).

I initially thought Blackberry was a stupid name, but it works. It provides a way to refer to the whole line.

"What's that in your pocket?"
"It's a Blackberry" is a lot better than "It's a 7100e from Research in Motion."

Especially if you want people to start relating to it as a unified, distinct sub-category of consumer device. That will become even more important with releases of subsequent models. Once Nokia has established in the public perception what is unique about the N900, if it just follows it with an N910, the numbering doesn't clearly indicate that it's the N900's successor or that it shares the N900's OS; maybe it's like an N97, who knows? Nor can they readily be referred to as a distinct line.

I call my N800 "Nubbins" -- admittedly, a worse name than Blackberry. But it rolls off the tongue easier to say, "Honey, have you seen Nubbins?" than "Honey, have you seen my N800?".

If Nokia started calling them the Nubbins N900 and the Nubbins N900T and the Nubbins N910, etc., at least people would know that if it's a Nubbins, it's a cool device running Maemo OS.

It's just a matter of creating a better brand name than Nubbins (or Blackberry).

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Well, Maemo is a brand...

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Oh my god... trying... so hard.... to hold.... my tongue... SO MUCH... JOKE... POTENTIAL....

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True. And I would prefer MaemoPhone N900 to just Nokia N900. But

(a) I'd like a name without "phone" in it so it could include tablets (and I don't see saying "I have a Maemo in my pocket"); and

(b) I think it's a bad marketing name. I don't like it, do you?

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Ya, blackberry sounds like a turd :D

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Maemo is hard to say, even if you know how to pronounce it. Despite the "iPhone," brand, "MPhone" would be better than Maemo (imho) -- unfortunately, it is too much like the former. Nokia has built a reputation around their numbered devices, so I don't know why N900 (or whatever it turns out to be) wouldn't work.

Still, I like Rover. I think it's pretty cool (even with its connotations to the dog name).

Tim

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First off, GREAT first post :)

However, maPhone sounds like something that your mother would be using... something like this.

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Believe me, I'm well aware!

The name came, btw, from a GREAT This American Life episode. It's the third episode ("Act Three. Babies Buying Babies.") from this link:

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radi...spx?sched=1278
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Indeed, numbered models bring that touch of understatement that's not so bad. I'm curious of what will be chosen by the marketing... what testimonials... which situations in spots!
I'd also propose - at least for a nerd marketing niche - a big compound image including all the avatars of us fellow ITT/TMO wastrels :)

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emPhone, then. And emTablet. For EMpowered people.

Oops, I just designed the brand AND slogan. :D

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What about the "IT Phone" ... as in "that's the it phone." (not I.T.)

///EDIT:

Advertisement: Ashton Kutcher receiving a call, and then googling directions, and someone over his shoulder is like "What is that?" and their friend says "That's the new IT Phone!"

(I don't know why Ashton Kutcher...)

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Tim, don't you think it would be better to have a name that distinguishes the Maemo line from the Symbian phones, and gives them a unified category of their own? I also think that in the US the Nokia brand is lacking in Cool Factor and rebranding for this rather revolutionary set of devices would be good for their marketing.

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If only you guys could have been in on the strategy sessions inside Nokia. :D That came up so many times in so many places, especially from the US. There has been some give recently (see: Nokia Surge) so who knows...

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Robbers don't usually know or understand official cool names of these things, they either use an incorrect pronunciation or come up with some strange slang nickname. :p

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There's some speculation that Nokia is moving away from numbers though, at least for Americans:

EDIT: Ah, I now see Texrat has already covered this.

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I am pretty sure I read somewhere that a Nokian said that the "Surge" name was on purpose because researched showed that American persons don't feel oriented enough with numbered devices.

There was also a mention on how cool things with "X" on the name sound... the Xphone? lol

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The Nokia Communicator.

I think that brand worked, so why don't they carry on with it!

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LOL... research... feh. The bulk of that research was US marketeers saying that over and over and over again... with it falling on deaf ears for years.

Also, wasn't an "X" series just trademarked by Nokia?