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An interesting explosion of Nokia plans after the B one. There's certainly not a lack of creativity out there. It begs the question: what if Nokia, instead of

An interesting explosion of Nokia plans after the B one. There's certainly not a lack of creativity out there. It begs the question: what if Nokia, instead of selling their soul to Microsoft, simply would have asked their fans for help? Yes, I know. Crazy. But, what if...?

benwerd 16y ago
You mean open to their customers and leverage their not-insignificant technical base to nurture creative development and create a genuine ecosystem around their products? That'll never work! Meanwhile, I'm a little bit smug about the shout out to NokiaPlanX.com. I feel like the meme has come full circle.
brudgers 16y ago
>"But, what if...?" Nokia had enough trouble trying to keep internal developers on task, e.g Mobile Web Server for S60 [http://research.nokia.com/page/231 http://research.nokia.com/page/231] with Python Integration. One can only imagine the huge time waste that managing all the tangential and marginal ideas produced by third party developers would require. Nokia has immediate access to a sound mobile OS, a suite of high powered development tools for it, and a technology roadmap extending out for a decade of more. To say they sold "their soul to Microsoft" is unsupported by the facts. It is not as if going with Android would be morally superior - given the way in which Google leverages individually identifying user data one could even argue that adopting Android would be a less ethical course.
- erikstarck 16y ago
  I wasn't referring to any third party developer ecosystem with the word "fans". They could involve their fanbase in more fundamental questions like openly asking "which path do you want us to take?". No, I don't expect any company born in the 20th century (or before) to ever do that. But maybe they should. > To say they sold "their soul to Microsoft" is unsupported by the facts. And yet the things you mention are exactly what the soul of a technology company consists of. The nitty gritty OS, the vision of the future. Of course there are many benefits in joining forces with Microsoft and no, Android is not necessarily a better choice. But the fact is that the software _is_ to a high degree the soul of the devices that Nokia sells.

benwerd 16y ago

You mean open to their customers and leverage their not-insignificant technical base to nurture creative development and create a genuine ecosystem around their products? That'll never work! Meanwhile, I'm a little bit smug about the shout out to NokiaPlanX.com. I feel like the meme has come full circle.

brudgers 16y ago

>"But, what if...?" Nokia had enough trouble trying to keep internal developers on task, e.g Mobile Web Server for S60 [http://research.nokia.com/page/231 http://research.nokia.com/page/231] with Python Integration. One can only imagine the huge time waste that managing all the tangential and marginal ideas produced by third party developers would require. Nokia has immediate access to a sound mobile OS, a suite of high powered development tools for it, and a technology roadmap extending out for a decade of more. To say they sold "their soul to Microsoft" is unsupported by the facts. It is not as if going with Android would be morally superior - given the way in which Google leverages individually identifying user data one could even argue that adopting Android would be a less ethical course.

erikstarck 16y ago
I wasn't referring to any third party developer ecosystem with the word "fans". They could involve their fanbase in more fundamental questions like openly asking "which path do you want us to take?". No, I don't expect any company born in the 20th century (or before) to ever do that. But maybe they should. > To say they sold "their soul to Microsoft" is unsupported by the facts. And yet the things you mention are exactly what the soul of a technology company consists of. The nitty gritty OS, the vision of the future. Of course there are many benefits in joining forces with Microsoft and no, Android is not necessarily a better choice. But the fact is that the software _is_ to a high degree the soul of the devices that Nokia sells.