2008-10-27
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Nokia official says smart phones are every bit as capable as personal
computers and are more "personal" than any PC has ever been. Smart
phones are also the device users are most likely to use to access the
Internet. With smart phones like these, who needs a computer? (Photo inset: Nokia N95)LONDON-Nokia is in the personal computer business and don't you forget it.
Kai Oistamo, executive vice president of devices at Nokia gave a keynote at the Symbian Smartphone Show here on Oct. 22 titled "The Future of Computers." It was originally titled "The Future of Smart Phones," but Oistamo said he changed it because "it is time to recognize that what we have in our hands today are not smart phones but full-fledged computers."
Indeed, "With the processing power, onboard memory and broadband access" that phones today possess, "mobile phones have entered the day when they are really personal computers-much more personal than a PC has ever been," Oistamo said.
Moreover, Oistamo said mobile phones are becoming the main source for consuming media as well as creating media on the Internet.
"This is the hot spot for innovation and Nokia has been the pioneer of creating these kinds of devices," Oistamo said. "We're at the heart of the Internet revolution."
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I couldn't agree more. In fact, I recently listed some of the many things you can do with an N95 here.
--Dietrich
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