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I hope not.




I mean the netbooks.





Ok, that was an epic fail. Hints or no hints, Re-welcome back.

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Thanks Sandlord.

I think adding netbooks is a logical move for Nokia, and I believe their size and scope will allow them to undercut the competition. I would not be surprised to see some flavor of maemo OS on them...

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The N8x0 is a netbook. What else are the planning to do?

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Its a slooooow netbook if you really want to call it one. I was banging around on my friends s10 lenovo and thought that it might be time to bite with them being around $269 on the interwebs. There is a use case for them somewhere in between my n810 and my Mac Pro.

Good luck with the job search Texrat.

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No no Benny-- a true netbook with the same form factor used by HP, Asus, et al.

The netbook rumors intrigue me more than just about anything else going around right now. If my suspicions are correct, they would be one of the best shots I have at finding work again... after 6 months of looking and 4 months on unemployment...

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After seven and a half months looking, and five and a half months actually out of work, I finally received an offer. I'm taking a few days to consider it. But thank God it's there!

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Hopefully, meaning mine's right around the corner. ;)

Tim

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Congrats, Texrat. Just remember, it gets a lot harder to keep looking for a better job once you go back to work, so be reasonably sure this is where you want to be for the next while... (but I'm sure you know this)

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Thanks qole, but I may have no choice-- I have to go back to work. Now. However, there's a slim chance of a competing offer. Anyway, gotta do what I gotta do.

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it's always easier to get a job when you have one! congrats, and I hope it's a job which, if not massively enjoyable, will be at least pleasant and useful. I hope new employers won't see you as cheap/desperate labour.

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Good for you Texrat. I've been where your are and it takes a lot of effort to keep a positive attitude when you're out of work. In my experience it's always easier to find a job when you have one and easier yet is you've had that job over a year. At least that's been the case in the US. In Silicon Valley we expected high tech people to change jobs about every three years.

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A little update for those who were following my job-to-job adventures.

I am now 1 month into my new job with a major US logistics service provider. My new role has elements of prior jobs but the nature is very new: I am software/hardware change management quality assurance in essence, although they call the department "Migration Control".

In this position I am a babysitter more or less for various groups implementing changes to IT infrastructure. It's funny in a way because a similar opportunity came up for maemo a while back (on a smaller scale of course) and I would have gladly taken it BUT they would not make the role global-- it had to be in California or Finland if I recall correctly. Which is ok because I'm sure it was not so much a virtual role as my last one was.

This new job is hectic (was designed for two people originally!) but at least I am learning how it is in the trenches. Most of all I am gaining a deeper appreciation and sympathy for programmers and the hell they deal with in the flaming region between business analysis and reboot. As a programmer myself I already felt that pain but at a distance since my work was never production.

Anyway, no idea how long I'll be in this gig but it's better than unemployment.

As far as my relationship with Nokia tablets, it's naturally much more distant now although I remain a heavy user and hardcore advocate. I just need to figure out where to direct my energies. I still believe my place is in between average consumers and the development teams since I can speak both languages fluently. It would sure be nice if something official opened up for that with Nokia. "Texrat, Tablet Evangelist". I like the sound of that... :D

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What's wrong with beautiful, hot, smoggy, over-crowded California?:o

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1 in 12 people in America have some form of hepatitis...I'd imagine California has something to do with that.

:D

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It used to be a nice place to live, back in the 50's:rolleyes:

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I love California (I'm from there) but am unable to relocate anywhere.

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Somehow I assumed you were a Texan.:confused:

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I just live here.

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2 more unique views today and my blog breaks 500 in one day for the first time.

:D

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499 :)

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Crap. I'm gonna have to blog more. My highest unique visits was when I posted my interview with GA. And that one got me 19 comments!

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Gee, if only you'd been 500-- I have a prize.

Kidding. :p

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Real estate values in Calif are getting reasonable now. It's nowhere near as smoggy in L.A. as its reputation, or as it used to be. I like it here in San Diego, where I was born, and often travel from the Ventura County area, which is also nice.

Elsewhere, there are many wonderful out-of-city areas, such as Borrego Springs in the desert or Lake Isabella in the mountains. Overall, California is a great state.

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I miss San Diego. I've only been back once (a few years ago when my dad died) in over 40 years... :(

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I was born in San Diego and (mostly) grew up in Ventura County. ;)

Tim

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Holy crap almost 600 hits!

:eek:

Oh, and hey Tim! How's the job stuff? Better I hope. And I still need to get with you about doing some vocals...

New article too (from an old talk here): http://tabulacrypticum.wordpress.com...le-to-modular/

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Still lookin'. And, yes, I'm ready to sing my guts out. ;)

Tim

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Move to the UK!

It seems there is a real need for good people at the moment. I've found lots of avenues to explore and had to turn down offers. We, as a country, must have a skills shortage in some area's, either that or I've been really lucky (either is equally likely).

Good luck Tim, I'm sure the right job will come shortly. (been meaning to ask you about it lately, glad it came up :)).

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If anyone can feel your pain, Tim, I sure can. I will sure keep you in my thoughts as I come across anything in your area(s) of expertise. I can list a few companies that have been consistently hiring, but I don't know if they have a presence in your area:

NSN
Ryder
IBM
Sabre
Stryker (medical)

More to come as I think of them. Heck, even Nokia has listings as they downsize. Not uncommon.

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New blog article: http://tabulacrypticum.wordpress.com...the-us-market/

Maemo and Nokia product naming discussed.

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From the article:

If this true, which I don't agree that it is, would this only apply to cell phone type gadgets? If so, why? Why wouldn't this also apply to automobiles?

I've lived in Southern California all of my life, and I don't think it's a stretch to say that we have our share of BMW's and Mercedes. And although 95% of these BMW and Mercedes owners don't know how many cylinders they have, let alone that part of their model name refers to the engine displacement, they know what model they have, and I never heard one of them say, "I wish they would rename my 335i to something catchier."

Trendy doesn't seem to care whether you use letters, numbers or both.

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I thought of the BMW/Mercedes example earlier today when I was posting in favor of a non-number name (or a name that carries over in addition to a number, like Blackberry 850) for the Maemo devices.

I see two big differences. One is that Nokia puts out a slew of phones. There is a large range of price-points and constantly new models. And what the models are capable of varies within the range at any one time and changes constantly.

BMW puts out only high-end cars. If they had a long-running reputation of putting out cheaper, even if solid, cars, and they introduced a fancy new line of performance cars, they would likely want to brand them so as to distinguish them from their more utilitarian line of cars. That's what Toyota did when it created the Lexus division.

Also, BMW makes a very standardized set of cars. Primarily, there's the 3-series, the 5-series, the 7-series -- and everyone knows what they are. There isn't nearly the variation you get with cellphones. The main difference between the BMW series is just size.

It's much harder to easily track what the various Nokia cellphone models are, just from their numbers. And Maemo deserves a Lexus-type branding.

Also, when someone says he has a BMW, it says a lot right there. Especially if they say the year. If I say I have a Nokia phone, it could be anything, it's almost generic. (Pretty much all you know is what it isn't: it isn't a Blackberry, it isn't an iPhone, it isn't a Pre ... )

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So you are saying that Maemo is for Nokia same as Maybach is for Mercedes... :D

They both start with M... :rolleyes:

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Actually Gerald nailed it, at least generally.

Numbers seem to work for limited high-end stuff.

Names appeal to the rank and file.

And of course there are exceptions (after all the iPhone is considered distinct), but those are up to marketing to make work. ;)

EDIT: and hey! comment at the article! :p

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You're clearly forgetting the 318i. . . .

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But even the 318i (when it was originally released) came with lifetime maintenance and oil changes. :D

Tim

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And that gutless wonder is tough to forget. Can you say Mustang II?

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I wrapped up the data cloud series. It's at the top of Planet Maemo as I post this:

http://maemo.org/news/planet-maemo/

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Thanks all for helping me learn some valuable lessons in communications...

http://tabulacrypticum.wordpress.com...ational-style/

...and for the reminders (direct or indirect) when I slip back into old, bad behaviors. ;)

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Time to build a new PC! :)