One thing that has irritated me a lot with the iPhone is the fact, that there is always "on app for that". Like to use Skype. You have to go and install an application. And to use it, you have to keep it open (and of course without multitasking this is... )

I really like the maemo approach, where skype is not an application, but rather a feature integrated on contacts. Same way you can send pictures to the flicker or other services directly from image gallery etc. I would really like this kind of appoach to be eaven wider. For example integrated note taking application to contacts, calendar etc. So you could be viewing your image, then select "add note" and select your favourite note -application to write a note - or xournal to draw it down.

I was watching the video of Hermes App that updates contact information from facebook etc. AFAIK it is a standalone application for manual update. It would be a lot more functional being able to integrate this kind of application directly in contacts: after installing Hermes, the provided services appear under contacts "synchronise" -button. Then all services would work under the same automated sync etc.

IMHO this kind of development is something that would make Maemo a (even more) special in the market. In two years, instead of having 65000 different applications, it could have 45 000 applications and 20 000 installable features/implementations.


How well current API makes this possible at the moment? (I'm a very light-level coder, so I guess this information COULD be found in development -section, but .... ) How much it is controlled/maintained by nokia? In file sharing there are now few services like Ovi and Flicker. I have heard that "More will be coming". Are they made 100% by nokia, or is it also possible for 3rd party developers to do them?