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Originally Posted by qgil View Post
C'mon. Nokia does have a clue about users like you. And also about all the rest. Just look at the portfolio of devices, market segments, countries... For some reason they have decided that certain UI paradigm will pay our salaries and will make happier all stakeholders, including the majority of users Maemo is intended for. Perhaps even you, let's talk when the Fremantle UI is out, and Harmattan's, and...

In Maemo there is a bet on a UI paradigm and then there is a possibility for third parties to develop and maintain their own alternatives. Not a coincidence. We better concentrate in the critical missions and leave to the community space for variants at their taste and will.
I'm not concerned about software; I know I will have good choices. I'm concerned about hardware form factor and price. The reason I responded to UI comments is because they seam to be tightly coupled to some future hardware that I suspect will be less to my liking. Let's be honest, I could probably survive with an iPod touch; I love my mac mini for what it is. Never the less, an iPod touch will always be a distant 2nd choice if I have an n800 within my grasp. But if Nokia f*cks up the next round of hardware like they did with the n810 (changes and price), a $229 iPod touch or a $330 Pandora become devices I would have to consider. Those are the facts. And none of your market place this, business segment that, will change them.