Roger Sperberg at TeleRead asks whether Nokia will succeed in creating a non-PDA handheld market. Roger is talking about all the failed efforts to do it so far with mini-tablets and much-publicized OQO. Well, it’s not a secret that handheld sales have been falling, and it’s not just an unlucky quarter, it’s a consistent trend, where the customers seem to be disillusioned with the ideas of multi-functional “portable desktops”. Meanwhile, iPod sales are gaining, the industry is getting the iPod envy, and Apple is trying to stay abreast by introducing the iPods with photo and video capabilities.
Sperberg (he’s got a device through Nokia Developer program, so why not send us some photos?) writes:
When the Nokia 770 arrives, it won’t have phone capabilities, but Nokia has announced VOIP for the 2006. Linux for Internet Tablets and for cell phones lets them hedge their bets on which way telephony is going. And this is good news for those of us who want a small-form-factor computer with great ebook reading and browsing and email instead of a PDA with make-do capabilities.