This is not about "Nokia willing to discuss about community". It's about me, a community member, willing to stir some discussion about how to manage gaps, overlaps and efficient collaboration among peers. If some people don't see that a Nokia employee can speak and act as a pure community member then they have to see more.

Also as a community member, I don't see what Nokia device roadmaps have to do at all with this. Those devices, the innovation they bring and their performance in the market might indeed influence the size and the aims of the community. But a community can be well or bad organized with any size and any aims. And I'm talking about the community we have today.


Thanks! Since I still want to keep this thread on topic, I will answer in the threads where those answers are more on-topic.

> (1) Reassure us (in concrete terms, not just with soothing words) that
> the death of the "Internet Tablet" label doesn't mean that the device
> will lose it's strength as the current best pocketable internet tablet.

Answered at New name for internet tablet.

> For example, knowing that the screen resolution, screen size and
> included browser are no worse than the current ones would be
> enough.

Answered at Maemo 5 Reveals its Features.


> (2) Reassure us (in concrete terms, not just with soothing words) that
> the "touch UI without a notion of 'focus'" won't degrade the usability
> of the device with existing Linux software that needs a focus. After all,
> it's a Linux device and we need existing Linux software to run well.

Please open a new thread sharing your concerns and giving examples of applications you fear that will be less usable with Maemo 5. Or don't worry before the Maemo 5 UI is released.

For what is worth, portability and alignment with mainstream Linux are high criteria in Maemo, as well as usability of the software running in the platform (but I reckong this might sound to you as soothing words).


> (3) Tell us as something substantial about the form factor.
> Something like this would be enough: "There will be a device with a
> keyboard. There might also be a tablet, and might also be a device
> with a form factor not seen before. They will all be pocketable,
> although larger than a cellphone." And dammit, if there's not going
> to be a D-pad, just tell us will you, and let us get on with coping with
> it. Obviously all this stuff has already been decided. Can't you just let
> a junior staffer leak the concept video? It seemed to work well for the
> 5800.

Answered at What we do realistically see in the RX-51.


> If you started to stress all the stuff that Nokia knows and is
> coming, of course that would be something entirely different and
> quite wonderful.

Wonderful for who? As said, device announcements exist for a reason.

Ideas to improve the software roadmap are welcome, in a new thread. Specially anything concerning open source.

If you really want to discuss the idea of Nokia having open device roadmaps and plans please start a new thread. Be prepared to discuss about how the IT industry works and what economic model would you propose to make happy not only the developers but also the sales and the stakeholders that bring the money to fund the device programs you want to open.