Setsuna

Did it have something to do with the way they advertised it?

I like how confident Apple or Nintendo are in their products. Look at Wii- it was launched against more powerful consoles, iPhone was launched when other smartphones were more powerful, had multitasking, copy-paste(!) etc.

The fact that Nintendo was confident it could sell more Wiis because theirs was more fun and Apple confident about iPhone because theirs was more usable. Nintendo revealing a DSi-esque 3DS when Sony is trying to make PSP more iPhone like etc

It is this confidence that developers want to see when they want to invest in developing for that platform. You cannot lead others when you can't even be confident in yourself.

IMO, the problem with Nokia or for that matter MS/Palm/etc is not a lack of innovation but rather a lack of confidence in their innovations.

For the minimalists out there:

text files + dropbox

>Money restricts us from enjoying simple pleasures in life

We can easily choose to ignore money and enjoy the simple pleasures.

iPad Nano? Isn't that already available? (iPod touch / iPhone)

>I can't help but think that surely there's better problems to solve.

This argument comes up every time the government introduces something new.

Romanji

> If I focused on my weaknesses, I'd still be working on my handwriting.

He wasn't asking you concentrate on all your weaknesses. Prioritize your weakness based on their importance and then eliminate them.

for example: If you don't know how to drive a car- that is a weakness, and driving is a very important skill, so you try to eliminate it.

(This is just an example. You can always argue by saying that you can hire a person to drive the car for you, but think about other high-priority weakness you have)

True, but also consider the people who go to their friendly neighborhood hacker to get their device "unlocked".