DISQUS

N95-1 · 1 year ago

hehe, true indeed :-)

James Burland · 1 year ago

This is so true... Love the title for this post!

I appreciate that Nokia want to drive interested and create a buzz, but they should at least wait until they are a month or two from launch, not 6 months!!

Having said that, as I've mentioned elsewhere, I don't really care how long they take with N-gage, if they bodge it up this time they may never get another shot at gaming. They absolutely have to get it right this time.

Jani Helle · 1 year ago

"Ovi's door is still closed..."
Love that line!
But yeah, this waiting is starting to get worrying. We haven't even had a "___ will be delayed for a few ___" in a while!

Dotsisx · 1 year ago

True true (à la Budweiser ad)

Sandy · 1 year ago

They continue to be a hardware company. The internet services have not been properly launched, and you see, all the announced handsets are there in the market, in time. I think even if they launch N-Gage or Music Store (worldwide) soon, their focus is gonna be handsets at least for 1 more year or so, until the Ovi services have gained popularity. This is reflected several times in their remarks regarding N-Gage games. On the fans' rant over too many casual games and not using the hardware acceleration, they have always said, "Wait for some days, the platform will evolve, blah blah blah...". They probably want to increase their userbase as far as possible before they BRING Ovi out.

The Guru · 1 year ago

@Sandy - then why announce Ovi and all this other stuff so far ahead? It just seems silly and self-defeating to make an announcement more than 6 months before you plan to actually DO something.

hyperkind · 1 year ago

sad but true

Matt @ Nokiageek · 1 year ago

It seems a shame that Ovi was the thing that got us excited when we were there and there's not a sign of it.

Sandy · 1 year ago

Yeah, I also condemn them silly. But, alas! Ranting can't change the whole policy of a multinational giant, the most our rant can do is correcting the flaws of N95 Classic to produce a better upgrade to it. The whole situation is shitty, with respect to the users and will be so for them also in future. And regarding N-Gage, I don't think they are in any good position. Even after so many delays, very few people (other than the geeks and blogosphere) know about N-Gage. I think they were panicked by news of Sony Ericsson branded PSP phone and made a hasty announcement about N-Gage. Now the said phone doesn't seem to materialize, and they are taking their time to iron out bugs. Competition DOES help users.

mr. gunn · 1 year ago

The "release" of Ovi was premature. I ascribe most of the discord between ATT and Nokia to ATT feeling like Ovi is treading on their turf. Pure speculation on my part.

Mosh is useful, though....

Sergey Zak · 1 year ago

It's good that Nokia does not rush with launches. Better late than sorry. Quality must be there or the people turn their backs...

MaBuse · 1 year ago

@Guru: Have you considered that the announcement back in August wasn't for you, but for the market, investers and partners ??

I used to hang around at Symbian-Guru a lot, but this kind of posts are beginning to bug me. If Nokia launces to early, you comlain. If Nokia launces to late, you complain. If you don't need what Nokia launces, you complain. If you don't get it, you comlain. If it's not what you expected from looking at the leaked images, you complain. Complaints, complaints , complaints ... If that's what is like to be making a living by blogging, I am indeed glad that I never chose that route ...

It always amazes me when people think they (as individuals) know more than a 50.000 people organisation with precense in more countries than you though existed ... an organisation who pionered the whole industry ...

Be fair - and be real ... It's too easy to point the finger all the time.

... and Go Play - you *know* with what ;-)

Respectfully,
MaBuse

Jani Helle · 2 months ago

"Ovi's door is still closed..."
Love that line!
But yeah, this waiting is starting to get worrying. We haven't even had a "___ will be delayed for a few ___" in a while!