Nokia swetting today? I guess so :)

Oh, and now that I mentioned WWDC in my previous post, lets see how it goes. Steve will probably launch the new 3G iPhone today. It has already, before its' launch, got widespread attention and worldwide delivery contracts announced. I think Nokia is starting to feel the pressure, since now Apple can start competing for real in the markets where Nokia has previously dominated with their E- and N-series smartphones.

But Nokia really needs to get their UI into this century! S60 3 feature pack 2 is horrible compared to iPhone's UI! If (and when) iPhone will have 3G, GPS, an application store with native 3rd party application and in the future even more enterprise specific features, Nokia really has to get its act together with that UI because it will eventually draw people to buy a iPhone, which is nice to use, instead of a old-fashioned S60 UI.

I will probably comment on WWDC afterwards.

Update:Yeah, so the 3G iPhone is here. Apple did a really impressive announcement to sell the new 3G iPhone (8GB) for only $199. "The price is a maximum of $199 all around the world". This is really impressive! But I won't hold my breath yet; Sonera will sell the new iPhone here in Finland and I just hope that there will not be a some kind of forced data plan for 24 month, like I would guess. If the new iPhone is 199e with no strings attached, I will buy it the day it becomes available. But unfortunately not Sonera nor Apple has said anything about data plan requirements.

And I guess Nokia will have a crysis meeting tomorrow morning ;)

Update: Well, I guess my first excitement is gone: http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/06/09/iphone-3g-the-details-you-never-wanted-to-know/
Of course this doesn't mean that Sonera in Finland requires a similar data plan, but in this light I think it is a bit naive to think that Sonera wouldn't have a similar requirement for a data plan. After all, this is where Apple gets its' money!

Nothing to see here anymore, move along...