Just thought I'd open a thread for idle speculation on the upcoming tablets. It seems as though the biggest complaint I see in most of the other threads is that speculation/arguments has taken them off-topic. So here is a thread for precisely that.

It seems to me that there are 3 types of development:

1) Closed: Little/No information released. Speculation is mainly fictional, no facts to be based on. Obviously the favorite method of development, works well.

2) Open: All/Most information is available. Speculation can be easily dealt with, either by referencing available information or by releasing necessary information.

3) Semi-open: Current approach with the tablets.

I think that Nokia was unprepared for the amount of speculation surrounding the new tablets. Obviously, Nokia wants community involvement with the tablets. Otherwise, they would no be releasing alpha/beta sdk and as much information as they already have. They also wouldn't be sponsoring the forums in the future.

However, it seems that Nokia had hoped that as information/sdk was released, most of the feedback would be positive. In reality, it appears that there is a significant amount of less that positive feedback/concerns. At this point, Nokia doesn't seem to have a process in place to address these concerns. *Not that they have to address any of them at all, it is their choice.*

This has lead to frustration for the community regarding lack of / incomplete / unclear / vague / scattered (blogs, mailing lists, irc, roadmaps, etc) information and lack of feedback on feedback. It has also lead to frustration (I assume) on the part of the good folks from Nokia who are also part of the community, but unable to comment on many concerns.

Hopefully, we can all learn from this experience and in the future create a better experience for all concerned.

Any way here is a thread for all that idle speculation that would otherwise take other threads off-topic