Does anybody know if the Tablet is profitable for Nokia? I wonder if Nokia can keep the Tablet line around if this terrible economy continues for the next year or two.
Does anybody know if the Tablet is profitable for Nokia? I wonder if Nokia can keep the Tablet line around if this terrible economy continues for the next year or two.
It certainly isn't, at least not in terms of corporate logic. Even if they do generate money, a successful phone generates much more profit (carrier deals, simpler hardware, simpler software, longer lifetime, no community to worry about and much larger volume). So, if you're in financial trouble, you would concentrate efforts on phones, not NITs. My guess is that NIT's are too special, too alternative, so even in a turn for the worse they wouldn't get chopped altogether but rather delayed just to keep the NIT brand and community alive, as that's something you cannot rebuild overnight (unlike a 'classic' phone, which just needs hyping).
It is a fact that Maemo is growing and has a place in the Nokia strategy.
I'm thinkin' what Maemo, the Tablets, and potential users represent (not the traditional cell phone market), might have a pretty large place in Nokia's strategy for the future...
