Nokia - what are they on?

Nokia have announced new “imaging” products:

• The 7600
• The Kaleidoscope I
• The Medallion I
• The Medallion II
• The Image Frame SU-4
• The Image Frame SU-7

The Kaleidoscope is just weird - the picture frames are a nice idea (but not a new one - Sony had Memory Stick Frames about five years ago.)

I don’t even know where to start on the Medallions - but the strangest thing is that none of the devices (except for the 7600) have Bluetooth - all infra-red! I thought we were trying to get away from Infra-Red.

One comment

1. tom says:

   in addition to the infra-red nonsense, and as my colleague at work will atest, messing with the numerical keypad has severe usability issues. I can type on a normal pad in the dark with my eyes closed pretty much, all the keys are as close together as possible. Changing the layout throws away years of user learning and increses physical strain (OK it’s small but for us folks who type and game all day a small reduction in finger strain is allways to be welcomed). also you know that N-Gage? I saw one of those the other day and you have to remove the battery to change games, I think nokia product designers are losing their edge.

   September 29th, 2003 at 10:36 am