Thread: Note to nokia: don't listen to begging!
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2010-01-08 , 21:45
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Originally Posted by MrGrim View Post
The n900 doesn't have mass appeal, and that can only hurt it. Reports of bugs also couldn't have helped. And i can't help thinking that at least part of this is because nokia bowed to the pressure of the hordes chanting "release! release! release!" a couple of months ago
Now, the damage is done as far as the n900 is concerned, but here's my advice to nokia for the next (maemo6?) device: don't rush it. Maybe give a vague "somewhere in 2011" to stop complaints about it being late (not giving prior announcement would be even better for development, but i'm sure sales will forbid that). Take your time to add polish and bling-bling. And advertise it like it's our saviour returneth. Sure it's unethical, but so is the competition
Hopefully that will draw enough attention to get mass adoption, which in turn will drive development and more mass adoption. Just remember: rushing a product out the gate is a sure way to kill it!
I felt that Nokia could've done better with this community. Maybe even do more than the 300 in circulation and provide them to the maemo.org members. Some for the people that develop apps, some for those that comment on bugs and find issues, and maybe a few devices to those that are just for day to day use testing with the goal of testing the device outside of Nokia. Maybe have them locked down for a while (not able to install apps) to see how they do vanilla. Then lift the lock and see what happens as applications are installed. Then after most of the issues are fixed, release it to the general public.

Masking the process wouldn't be helpful. For one, if you didn't involve any community developers you'd have a hard time getting the community apps built in time. In less than 3-4 months we already have how many apps in extras? testing? devel? If you didn't involve the part of the community that tests bugs and finds issues you wouldn't have as many reports and just find them when it's to late (IE: when the device is released).

No amount of bling bling and internal development time would do that.
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Originally Posted by ysss View Post
They're maemo and MeeGo...

"Meamo!" sounds like what Zorro would say to catherine zeta jones... after she slaps him for looking at her dirtily...