Comments on: Nokia’s An Internet Company… As Long As You Use Windows and IE http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/11/01/nokias-an-internet-company-as-long-as-you-use-windows-and-ie/ Russell Buckley and Carlo Longino on mobile technology. Tue, 22 May 2012 09:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: SDH http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/11/01/nokias-an-internet-company-as-long-as-you-use-windows-and-ie/comment-page-1/#comment-116998 SDH Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:57:26 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/11/01/nokias-an-internet-company-as-long-as-you-use-windows-and-ie/#comment-116998 It does have a very usable feel to it... but I felt let down when I figured I won't be able to burn a CD to listen to my music in my car. It does have a very usable feel to it… but I felt let down when I figured I won’t be able to burn a CD to listen to my music in my car.

]]> By: James http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/11/01/nokias-an-internet-company-as-long-as-you-use-windows-and-ie/comment-page-1/#comment-116994 James Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:19:03 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/11/01/nokias-an-internet-company-as-long-as-you-use-windows-and-ie/#comment-116994 Yeah, I checked the store this morning and was shocked when it wouldn't let me in with Firefox - this is 2007, not 1997 and that kind of browser-specific design is inexcusable in this day and age. Still, I was curious so I tried in IE to get in but I have to say I wasn't impressed. You can search for artists or tracks but not for albums. Let's hope it's just teething troubles that they'll iron out. @Speachless: Of course there will be problems when a complex service like this first launches, but using technology like ActiveX looks to me like a fault in the design rather than a little bug that can be quickly fixed. Yeah, I checked the store this morning and was shocked when it wouldn’t let me in with Firefox – this is 2007, not 1997 and that kind of browser-specific design is inexcusable in this day and age.

Still, I was curious so I tried in IE to get in but I have to say I wasn’t impressed. You can search for artists or tracks but not for albums. Let’s hope it’s just teething troubles that they’ll iron out.

@Speachless: Of course there will be problems when a complex service like this first launches, but using technology like ActiveX looks to me like a fault in the design rather than a little bug that can be quickly fixed.

]]> By: Speachless http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/11/01/nokias-an-internet-company-as-long-as-you-use-windows-and-ie/comment-page-1/#comment-116991 Speachless Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:13:25 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/11/01/nokias-an-internet-company-as-long-as-you-use-windows-and-ie/#comment-116991 Lol. It is saddening to see that even such supposedly experienced tech journalists as you cannot look beyond the FIRST day of a NEW service in ONE country. Have a bit of a broader and longer perspective, please. And like it or not, IE and Windows ARE the de facto global standards of the Average Joe consumer. What retarded company would not START a new service there? Lol. It is saddening to see that even such supposedly experienced tech journalists as you cannot look beyond the FIRST day of a NEW service in ONE country. Have a bit of a broader and longer perspective, please.

And like it or not, IE and Windows ARE the de facto global standards of the Average Joe consumer. What retarded company would not START a new service there?

]]> By: Nokia Music Store Review Roudup (Verdict: Good, but not great) - Pocket.Net - Mobile 2.0 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/11/01/nokias-an-internet-company-as-long-as-you-use-windows-and-ie/comment-page-1/#comment-116990 Nokia Music Store Review Roudup (Verdict: Good, but not great) - Pocket.Net - Mobile 2.0 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:57:21 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/11/01/nokias-an-internet-company-as-long-as-you-use-windows-and-ie/#comment-116990 [...] Store launched. People in the UK, who use Windows and Internet Explorer will be able to use it. This angered Carlo Longino who thought that Nokia said they are now an Internet Company. Last time I checked companies like [...] [...] Store launched. People in the UK, who use Windows and Internet Explorer will be able to use it. This angered Carlo Longino who thought that Nokia said they are now an Internet Company. Last time I checked companies like [...]

]]> By: Nokia Music Store Review Roudup (Verdict: Good, but not great) http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/11/01/nokias-an-internet-company-as-long-as-you-use-windows-and-ie/comment-page-1/#comment-116989 Nokia Music Store Review Roudup (Verdict: Good, but not great) Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:33:58 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/11/01/nokias-an-internet-company-as-long-as-you-use-windows-and-ie/#comment-116989 [...] Store launched. People in the UK, who use Windows and Internet Explorer will be able to use it. This angered Carlo Longino who thought that Nokia said they are now an Internet Company. Last time I checked companies like [...] [...] Store launched. People in the UK, who use Windows and Internet Explorer will be able to use it. This angered Carlo Longino who thought that Nokia said they are now an Internet Company. Last time I checked companies like [...]

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