Well, a lot of their software is not very good, but you can't ignore that Windows (especially Windows 7 [for pc]) is one of the best os's on the market today, the only real limitation is the hardware you're using (unlike som other companies who censors and removes applications they don't want their customers to use).

Won't say anything about nokia since I haven't used their phones since the 3330 was a new phone.

But I do agree on the smartphones, I don't think this is a good thing to do and it will probably fail.

If it doesn't work for you, but it works for everyone else, then it's obviously your own fault. Don't click on "sexy_porn.exe" 

Vista was crap though, no argument there

Its a shame really, Meego and QT were starting to shape up pretty nicely (as an open platform). Nokia will likely kill their support for those now.

Its pretty clear that in future a ton of the computing devices and tasks done on the desktop will be portable and this is a serious threat to Microsoft's desktop dominance. They'll push very hard to get a strong foothold in the mobile market.

While Nokia devices certainly had the bling back in the days, their OSs were terrible. Maybe not as bad as the 'cheap' Samsungs, Sagems or LGs but not far behind either.

And, well M$ speaks for itself, or?

IMHO watching them fail will be great show.

No it is not my fault, the same key works fine with Windows XP, Mac OS X and Linux. I'm not the only one in this case. Vista and 7 have a lot of bugs especially in their file system implementation even though 7 has less bad performances.

Just FUD. Windows NT-based OSes are rock solid.

Cas

Well, that's not a lot of information, but I'd be willing to bet this is a faulty driver (perhaps in conjunction with multiple USB and/or plug-and-play devices creating a conflict).  And issues like this are not really related to the kernel of a given OS.

Thought, only thought, are you doubting yourself?
Usually, that sounds a little uncertain.
So what is it that your afraid of?

Remember that the mobile market is not a single market - it's several. Apple has the gadget whore techophile gadget cornered with their beautiful and well-behaving devices, but their high price point will keep them there. Android is going for a wider audience, but I think there is still room for Windows devices to be marketed as the cheapest devices. Right now it's very expensive to get any smart phone - if they could pull it down to be closer to the price range of what non-smartphones are currently going for then they might be able to carve out part of the market.

I'm sceptical as these keys were working even with XP. If you're right, they introduced a regression in their drivers for Vista and 7.

I disagree with you.  I personally loathe M$, but by all accounts, their new mobile OS (can't remember what they're calling it - W7?) is really good.  I've read a few reviews and they were all positive.  Nokia have a tonne of experience producing hardware. They ship more if it than anyone else and most of it is pretty solid.  Their challenge is that they have targeted the low end of the market.  They need to move up the complexity scale and that will be a challenge.

I think they will probably fail but that's because I think that iPhone and Android will be hard to compete with - they already have a large part of the market and represent two different segments of the market.  That makes it hard for a newcomer to compete - they have to be significantly better in some way or find a niche that the two incumbents do not currently cover.

While I would like to deride M$ products, it appears the facts (rather than what our prejudices would like us to believe) are that they've done a reasonable job in this area.  Still think they'll fail thou - for marketing, not technical reasons.