As I understand it, yes. I'm a Windows guru, I know almost nothing about Unix and even less about mobile Unix. But the basic principle is the same, and, as the kernel is open, any software can be hooked, spied, clean-room engineered and whatnot. After all, the hardware has specs, it's a TI SOC, not a Nokia custom board.

The real issues here are if (a) it's legal to do so, since it is, after all, a proprietary device and (b) is it easy enough to do so that several people can help.

To have results, you need developers and I only do Delphi at the required level. One dude, alone in the dark is not going to be able to develop a new phone suite. Some things can only be done by a coordinated team. There's simply too much code.

It's possible, even likely, something will be put together. But from something together to nicer-than-Nokia or beats-iphone-and-HTC is a looooong way.

I don't feel like answering calls from the terminal. Heh.

But really, the contact-phone-mms-video stuff is less than simple and if the repositories are any indication these people are ALL about function over form.

One might ask if I don't (value function over form) what the Devil am I doing on Linux. Well, I believe there is such a thing as both.

But like I said, I know little about Unix-like systems. For example, I still don't understands why people running out of space on rootfs can't simply junction a folder on another partition. What's the word I'm looking for, hardlink? On my home Windows, my temp folder isn't really there on the SSDs, but it's a mounted HDD (since idiots hardcode their temporary folders).

But I ramble. Short version is, yes, I believe the community can provide replacements of all Nokia-provided apps, but my bet is it'll be even uglier ^H^H^H^H^H^H^H more function over form.