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Originally Posted by christexaport View Post
Before this goes any further, let's not try to turn the N900 into the iPhone. We don't need separate apps runniatop Maemo. I have a much better idea.

We have unprecedented access to the OS, plus Nokia wanting to become an enabler and facilitator of services. This means instead of making "an app for that", this, or the other, let's do one better. Lets stop building apps and start byilding infrastructure. We need to create the rails to enable us to access Pandora, Last.fm, MySpace Music, and any other music streaming services that come along ALL FROM THE SAME INTERFACE!

So find the common ground between these services, create a common UI, and figure out how to enable these services to work within that paradigm. Isn't that a better idea?

I'm sick of filling up space on my device with multiple apps and icons for similar but branded services. Maemo is a game changer, so let's change the game. We finally have Nokia's support, so let's take advantage of the opportunity at hand! Let the sheep use their iPhones. We have pocket workstations. We can exceed anything on the market if we plan and use our heads.

I suggest starting with Qt and thinking out the UI. Anyone game?
https://garage.maemo.org/docman/view...ntle-draft.pdf Inacessable at the moment of course, but I'd check out Maemo's Media Application FrameWork

Little bit of (oldish) info here: http://arstechnica.com/open-source/n...-framework.ars

It allows you to implement content providers, and content viewers.

Seems like pandora would require both, a provider to determine/get at the streams, and a viewer to provide the UI elements necessary to thumbs up/down tracks.

From my dealings with Nokia, what christexaport is suggesting is exactly what they had in mind when developing the Media Application in this modular way.