Nokia are starting to behave more and more like a monopoly. Which, when it comes to smartphones, they essentially are in the world outside the US. So their strategy is:
1) Make the built-in Messaging/E-Mail application clumsy enough (e.g. no preloading of message content from the IMAP server, and no way to turn off the "Connect to mailbox?" prompt that appears when you go into your mailbox) that it becomes _just_ too cumbersome for the average user...
2) Charge a service fee for the usable version.
Brilliant! It also fits into their strategy of focusing less on devices, more on "services" and "total solutions" and other BS.
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Tor Slettnes @ Dec 19th 2008 12:57AM
Nokia are starting to behave more and more like a monopoly. Which, when it comes to smartphones, they essentially are in the world outside the US. So their strategy is:
1) Make the built-in Messaging/E-Mail application clumsy enough (e.g. no preloading of message content from the IMAP server, and no way to turn off the "Connect to mailbox?" prompt that appears when you go into your mailbox) that it becomes _just_ too cumbersome for the average user...
2) Charge a service fee for the usable version.
Brilliant! It also fits into their strategy of focusing less on devices, more on "services" and "total solutions" and other BS.