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Originally Posted by kojacker View Post
Ovi maps on the n900, like a lot of things on the n900, feels like it's half finished and just chucked on there. Does anyone know if the maemo team in Nokia are a large group or well resourced? It feels to me like they are talented programmers and have a better grasp than the Symbian guys, but it also feels like they are a small team who really could do with a lot more team members/resources from Nokia to back them up. I fear we won't get the Maemo we would like not because of a lack of effort or skill but simply a lack of people power. I can understand for this reason that resources will be focussed on getting Maps ready for Qt4.6/Harmattan but I still want and expect an updated release to be n900 compatible in some form.

I'd really like to see Nokia getting behind Maemo and pushing it, it has the potential to take on androids and the iphone OS. From my limited understanding reading blogs like Engadget and the like I was under the impression that Maemo was the long term solution for Nokia. However, following the release of the Symbian roadmap and decisions such as this one with Ovi maps, i feel Maemo is still the red headed step child in the Nokia family.
I didn't mean to imply that my feelings are prompted by the lack of effort on the part of Nokia coders in the least bit. The improvements over Diablo are simply amazing.

I'm sure the grunts on this project are fully aware of the limitations... The cause of these feelings of ill on my part may have more to do with the executives within Nokia that had a greater effect on what was delivered.

I would venture to guess that QG, et al heard "Good enough" and "Time to move on" many times from these execs who ultimately allocated resources. Perhaps these are the same executives who scraped the "Free Navigation" turd on to everyones plate just as other map issues were coming to light.

As far as Nokia providing anything for the community to develop; how about starting with something simple like a POI loader and then moving up?
Support for the on screen keyboard should be another. If this app was presented by a community member, that would be one of the first "bugs" that the community as a whole would focus on.

In fact, if the app was presented to the community in a new "announcement" thread like any other community developed app, potential users would have greater satisfaction in the sense that they can influence and track future development.

That^ last bit about missing the ability to "influence and track future development" applies to all of the "Nokia Applications" delivered with the phone.

Perhaps that is the subject of yet another "brainstorm" in order to save readers from the boredom someone recently spoke of.
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