Texrat, my comments are not personally on you. I always wonder what is this language that has the same word for you-singular and you-plural. The thread started with your quote just because you raised a good point about community projects having plenty of gaps and overlaps, and how to manage that.

This is a topic widely discussed in umbrella communities with no corporate presence where it is easy to get gaps, overlaps and not the best coordination. Here the debate about what the own community can improve hasn't started since you seem to want to discuss first the role and responsability of Nokia.

Well, maybe it's a fair point.

Hardware plans are important to grow a vibrant mobile community nowadays. True. Maemo talks about hardware from a software perspective, certainly more useful for developers than for gadget scoop hunters.

Developers can get a good idea after the OSiM/Summit announcements last September and the Fremantle pre-alpha released in December. There are a couple of threads here and a couple of posts in Planet Maemo with plenty of data. We have said that the trend is going mass-market and we have said that 'Internet Tablet' is not a label we see living much longer.

Should we stress more all this stuff that is known and is coming? Should we stir more discussion about new use cases, potential evolution of applications, areas where third parties could bring more features? Would this help to the cohesion of the community and its vibes?

What else can we do? What would be your concrete and specific