Saturday, May 28, 2005

Why the N-Gage Sucks

Every once in a while I read something about how Nokia is trying to diversify and it invariably refers to the N-Gage and that project's failure. I can sum up the failure of the N-Gage in one sentence:
You can't expect to put something out that does half as much as the competition at twice the price and still be successful.

You'd have thought that their marketing people would have seen this from the start just like everyone who chose not to buy an N-Gage. I think sometimes business decisions have a momentum that can't be stopped by common sense.

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