I think when you don't have a competitor, being slow is okay. People will use your product but otherwise performance matters. Eventhough it never matters as much as your feature set.
How do you explain then that iphones took over the market, even though Nokias had many more features? Speed, or the feeling of speed, was part of it, I am sure
I didn't mean "more features are better". Sometimes, even a single killer feature is better than many features. Speed might be one of the reasons Iphone's success but how about this : If Iphone's were %20 slower than they were, would it take over the market ? I think it would. This doesn't mean being fast didn't help them. My point is, being fast is not enough all alone but being fast with a good feature set is great.
How do you explain then that iphones took over the market, even though Nokias had many more features? Speed, or the feeling of speed, was part of it, I am sure