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#21
Originally Posted by ragnar View Post
I guess here the "they" refers to me, so:

- You need to choose between finger UI and stylus UI. It's not trivial to do one-size-fits-both. Or well, sure you can try, but it won't be very good.
I did not have a single problem with the implementation of finger/stylus detection. Worked wonderfully for me.
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Originally Posted by Architengi View Post
Texrat, so you actually are neighbour of the factory where the NetBooks are assembled and even more you had an interview there? What do they say? They aknowledge they are making NetBooks? For Nokia?
And what use to produce Nokia in that factory before they gave it to the Chinese company Foxconn?
Yes I am, but no interview. Again, the job descriptions were drastically changed after I applied, making me "overqualified".

There has not been a *single* authoritative source of information pointing to Nokia-branded netbooks, but consider:

-Nokia is hiring people specifically for netbook support (company job listings)
-OPK said he "could not rule it out"
-Foxconn re-opened the old Nokia factory and acknowledged assembling netbooks there
-Nokia has a close OEM/ODM relationship with Foxconn, who was building CDMA phones for the company
-Th recruiter I spoke with acknowledged this was a Nokia-Foxconn venture and the product is netbooks

Good enough for me.

EDIT: it is important to note that NONE of this is info I gained as a Nokia employee. All of it came after I was let go.
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#23
Originally Posted by itschy View Post
Close: Asus T91
Last I saw, the T91 has neither the full size keyboard (that's on the T101, I think), nor does it yet have a Linux/Xandros version (I noted that I wouldn't buy one from Nokia if it didn't have Maemo; and I wont buy any netbook that's windows based). Otherwise, yeah, I had been waiting for the T91 to come out, until the Vostro A90 went on sale for $200 last month.

I do rather wish I had a convertible-tablet instead of a clamshell, but other than that, I'm QUITE happy with it.
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#24
found this on twitter

First Day for Maemo Devices, the new organization in Nokia. Maemo Software worked well, now more steam for incorporating also HW R&D.
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Today Maemo Software transformed into Maemo Devices. Big changes, big plans...
 
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