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Why do companies even have the ability to do that again? I know this is a prototype, but there is nothing stopping them from implementing this in their retail phones...WHY? ]]>Jul 4th 2010 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/Isn't this like the same thing consumers can do with remote wipe apps?]]>Jul 4th 2010 12:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/
ownt]]>Jul 4th 2010 12:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/
gosh it just went black without any warning. I thought it would display a cool warning or something like in the movies.]]>Jul 4th 2010 12:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/
lol, implying that they aren't using the technology right now on retail units. I'm pretty sure Apple and Google have a way to remotely shut down any phone with their OS(and connecting online of course). ]]>Jul 4th 2010 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/Jul 4th 2010 12:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/You've must of been under a rock for the past two years. Captive Nokias have been around that long]]>Jul 4th 2010 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/afil
(hope you understand)]]>Jul 4th 2010 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/Jul 4th 2010 1:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/
their flagman devices weren't. N97 wasn't, n900 wasn't. Cheapos don't count.]]>Jul 4th 2010 1:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/BTW where did you take those "captive" nokias prisoner? ]]>Jul 4th 2010 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/Note to self: don't use the camera on a Nokia...]]>Jul 4th 2010 1:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/
As for the N97, given that it was meant for a wider customer base (never mind that it trully was a fiasco), they could've went with a cap. screen, you are forgetting that their Asian target user base is huge, and precise handwriting and stylus support is a must, and in that area res. screen just shines. Also, plenty of people use Nokias in cold regions and being able to use your phone with gloves is a huge advantage.

However, they've announced that their next Maemo (now MeeGo) device (most likely called N9) will sport a cap. screen so there will be some love for you cap. screen affectionados after all. I will skip that device for precisely the same reason (and the possibility of it not having a QWERTY kb.) To each his own...]]>Jul 4th 2010 2:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/
Seems like its running a real old build of Symbian^3 coz the version I saw has a animation of the screen turning when you go from portrait to landscape using the accelerometer whereas this has the screen going blank and coming back up again.

]]>Jul 4th 2010 2:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/Jul 4th 2010 2:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/Jul 4th 2010 4:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/it's the camera button! DON'T press the CAMERA BUTTON]]>Jul 4th 2010 4:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/
Money is whats stopping them.. If company X shut down peoples phones for fun two things would happen.. A. People wouldn't buy from company X and B. Law Firm Z would sue company X...

]]>Jul 4th 2010 5:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/Jul 4th 2010 5:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/
What do you think is happening to the gozmodo guy who 'stole' the iPhone4?

]]>Jul 4th 2010 5:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/yes why?]]>Jul 4th 2010 5:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/
If you loose your phone you'd probably want to remote erase it if you have stuff on it that you don't want to get out there.]]>Jul 4th 2010 8:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/
Reminds me of the Dollhouse show. Actually, its exactly what they started doing. Remote personality wipes. ]]>Jul 4th 2010 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/interesting info
thanks]]>Jul 4th 2010 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/Jul 4th 2010 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/
Cypress TruTouch and others offer capacitive screens with accurate stylus control up to 1mm accuracy.

Decent enough for me (an old WM resistive stylus user) and plenty good to be used with gloves on with a styles in cold weather.

I'm betting you'll be seeing more of those in the future and resistive screens being downgraded to low-spec industrial use.
]]>Jul 4th 2010 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/Jul 4th 2010 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/
I mean, I still think there is something to be said for resistive. Most people seem to assume capacitive screens depend on pressing HARD on the screen, or pressing below etc. But once you realize how it works, it's great.

I'd say the one drawback is especially just the ability to use a stylus whenever you want. It'd be nice to use now and then if I felt like it. Maybe to get my fingers outta the way of my screen.

*Disclaimer* I am in no way an Apple fanboy. I never owned an Apple product before an iPhone, and it still is the only thing I own of theirs. ]]>Jul 5th 2010 1:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/
Actually, the guy is spot on in the accuracy department. That doenst relate to the responsiveness of the buttons you press, but the smaller button that is usable. For example, a scaled version Open Office on a mobile screen is impossible to manipulate using fingers on a resistive screen. Fingers are too big in that situation. A stylus & resistive gives you more accuracy.
]]>Jul 5th 2010 7:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/I dunno why, but the second time I watched this vid I lol'd soooo hard XD
for what it's worth, even though it's the same design as the N8, it looks cooler IMO.]]>Jul 7th 2010 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/Jul 3rd 2010 11:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/
Well, I guess no one ever learns to TAKE OUT THE SIM!]]>Jul 4th 2010 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/
The key lesson learned is that, every company knows exactly where every, single, one of there devices are..... even if it ends up on the other side of the word.]]>Jul 4th 2010 12:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/Jul 4th 2010 2:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/Jul 4th 2010 3:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/The sim was taken out, or at least the phone was in "offline" mode]]>Jul 4th 2010 5:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/
Hell, ¿what if the phone actually needs to be connected to a GSM network to keep it from locking down itself? maybe the phone is already programmed to kill itself unless it receives an "abort" command every x minutes, and what happened here is that Nokia figured out they lost the phone and stopped sending the code. In that case, removing the SIM would be completely pointless, as the phone would wipe itself anyway.

And if me, an average joe without any sort of know-how, can think of that, i'm pretty sure Nokia engineers could too. So bottomline, i don't think removing the SIM would have prevented the phone from being wiped.]]>Jul 4th 2010 5:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/Jul 4th 2010 12:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/
Yes, I watched the first several seconds, then skipped ahead.

I was actually hoping for something cooler to happen. Even a 'Remote Wipe In Progress' or 'Mess with the best, die like the rest - Zero Cool' message would have been much more climactic!

What if the hardware just failed completely? Is there any proof that it was indeed wiped by Nokia?]]>Jul 4th 2010 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/Jul 4th 2010 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/And it happend as he was clicking a key, trying to do something with the phone.
Sure Nokia could probably remotly kill all their prototypes... but I would not assume that is what happend here]]>Jul 4th 2010 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/Jul 4th 2010 2:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/Jul 4th 2010 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/Jul 4th 2010 12:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/Jul 4th 2010 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/Jul 4th 2010 7:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/Jul 4th 2010 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/
Okay.]]>Jul 4th 2010 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/mystery-nokia-slider-shows-off-proto-symbian-3-one-last-time-co/Jul 4th 2010 12:11AM