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Originally Posted by Garage Battle View Post
nokia last little tidbit from their N series event, thoughtfix asked the question about the new tablet. the response was that the new tablet would be even more 'mainstream'. relying on the community to develop important, useful applications is not a step towards making something more 'mainstream'. that needs the help of software developers, R&D teams, etc.
That still in no way belittles the obvious accomplishments of decent independent developers. I like project-scale approaches, too, with plenty of resources behind the effort... and then I see Maemo Mapper and Pidgin and realize that's not the only way to get the job done.
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Last edited by Texrat; 2007-10-02 at 23:44.