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FWIW, Apple redefined mobile computing while using an off-the-shelf font. Helvetica, no less. The actual story is goofy no matter how you slice it. If someone

FWIW, Apple redefined mobile computing while using an off-the-shelf font. Helvetica, no less. The actual story is goofy no matter how you slice it. If someone wants to take a little potshot at WP7, where's the harm? We're really losing out to the vast and deep discussion that would otherwise be happening about Nokia's profoundly important piece of R&D here?

statictype 16y ago
It's goofy if you look at it in the context of how Nokia's going to get their act together on smartphones. If you look at it from the perspective of 'hey, we designed this new font which we think is cool' then I wouldn't call it goofy.
- danilocampos 16y ago
  It's goofy as long as Nokia is truly a company facing a precipice. The first thing Steve Jobs did when he got back to Apple was utterly gut the company of every single project that wasn't advancing the company's future. That's how you come back from the brink. Or you design fonts. It just feels like moving around deck chairs to me. They don't have the luxury of dicking around on fonts. When your house is on fire, you don't pause to fold your socks.
  - RyanMcGreal 16y ago
    > When your house is on fire, you don't pause to fold your socks. What if the only way to douse the fire is to convince the firefighters that your house is worth saving?
  - statictype 16y ago
    It's goofy as long as Nokia is truly a company facing a precipice. Is this true? I know they dropped the ball recently on smart phones but they still have a big market on dumb/feature phones. And there's a whole world of people who don't use or want a smart phone.
    - danilocampos 16y ago
      The CEO thinks it's true. http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/08/nokia-ceo-stephen-elop-rallies-troops-in-brutally-honest-burnin/ http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/08/nokia-ceo-stephen-elop-ra... Taking a status quo position and building their business around a commodity that was hot 10 years ago doesn't seem like the right way to guarantee Nokia's future.

statictype 16y ago

It's goofy if you look at it in the context of how Nokia's going to get their act together on smartphones. If you look at it from the perspective of 'hey, we designed this new font which we think is cool' then I wouldn't call it goofy.

danilocampos 16y ago
It's goofy as long as Nokia is truly a company facing a precipice. The first thing Steve Jobs did when he got back to Apple was utterly gut the company of every single project that wasn't advancing the company's future. That's how you come back from the brink. Or you design fonts. It just feels like moving around deck chairs to me. They don't have the luxury of dicking around on fonts. When your house is on fire, you don't pause to fold your socks.
- RyanMcGreal 16y ago
  > When your house is on fire, you don't pause to fold your socks. What if the only way to douse the fire is to convince the firefighters that your house is worth saving?
- statictype 16y ago
  It's goofy as long as Nokia is truly a company facing a precipice. Is this true? I know they dropped the ball recently on smart phones but they still have a big market on dumb/feature phones. And there's a whole world of people who don't use or want a smart phone.
  - danilocampos 16y ago
    The CEO thinks it's true. http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/08/nokia-ceo-stephen-elop-rallies-troops-in-brutally-honest-burnin/ http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/08/nokia-ceo-stephen-elop-ra... Taking a status quo position and building their business around a commodity that was hot 10 years ago doesn't seem like the right way to guarantee Nokia's future.