Hey All,

This is my first brainstorm post, so please be kind . How about a solution #4 (or is it too late for that?). I actually perceive the N900 to be much more than a phone. I see it as a universal messaging device. How about the option of a universal inbox that would include all of your messages (including email and voicemail, IM, MMS, twitter, etc.). It would allow users to manage all messages in one place instead of having to go to multiple places (email, conversations, etc.). Message threads would remain intact. When you go to act on a message it would use the appropriate protocols/api to send the response, so that if the interaction started on facebook, it would continue on facebook or if it was a voice call then you would have the option to call the person back directly after listening to the message.

Ability to create advanced filters and rules for all incoming messages. for example this would allow the user to:

• Have some messages automatically saved in certain folders or deleted.
• Have custom messages/replies based on who the caller is or who the message is from
• Configure a filter to show only work related messages from 9 to 5.
• Have custom sounds assigned to messages. For example, you would hear a chirp sound whenever you received a tweet.
• Set priorities on the sorting of messages so that, for example, messages from your best friends are always at the top of the list.
• Tag or color code all messages via the custom rules and sort on the tags or colors.
• Set up behaviors based on your location and what time of day it is (be able to turn off all audio and visual notifications after 11:00 PM for example).
• Have smart folders based on customized rules. These folders could also be placed on the desktop for quick and easy access.

Ability to search across all of the messages in the universal inbox and to filter the messages by sender, date, read, unread, etc.

Include smart data detectors to be able to parse out phone numbers, dates, contact information, etc. from messages. Be able to perform something smart with this information like add to contacts or add a meeting to your calendar.

To summarize:

• One universal inbox for all messages regardless of protocol (a message is a message is a message...)
• Be able to create and apply advanced rule based behaviors based on multiple attributes of the message (what, who, where, when, etc.) to filter message streams
• Search across all messages
• Data detectors allow you to quickly act on received messages
• Smart folders (based on advanced rules).

One very smart mailbox to rule them all .

Thanks for considering...