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2010-09-14 , 16:06
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Originally Posted by Engadget
Now this, this is what we call exciting. Nokia has managed to scoop up Peter Skillman from the wreckage of the HP/Palm merger. One of the many senior VPs to leave Palm upon its assimilation into the HP empire, Peter spent 11 years with his previous employer and was in charge of the design team that produced the deliciously curvaceous Palm Pre. Now at Nokia, he'll be heading up the user experience and services division for MeeGo, which means that if you weren't excited for the platform already, you've now got a very good reason to be
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http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/14/n...as-meego-user/
http://mynokiablog.com/2010/09/14/pe...n-joins-nokia/
 

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Now all the future Nokia phones will be oval and have curves.....Is this bad or not, I don`t know
 
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2010-09-14 , 16:12
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Now all the future Nokia phones will be oval and have curves.....Is this bad or not, I don`t know
He won't design the hardware but rather the UI
 

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Who was in the job previously... if anyone?
 

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2010-09-14 , 16:32
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This isn't bad news surely, but i'm kind of surprised why it's taken as such a good news. What's his merits in software side(i really don't know)?

As far as Palms hw design.... well they have made some okis looking soap boxes.
 
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This isn't bad news surely, but i'm kind of surprised why it's taken as such a good news. What's his merits in software side(i really don't know)?
He doesn't need to have "merits" in software, in fact as a designer it's better that he doesn't.

As far as Palms hw design.... well they have made some okis looking soap boxes.
Everything about what he did can be seen in webOS.
 
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Everything about what he did can be seen in webOS.
well, he was there for 11 years, so I am sure he has done more than just webOS

webOS is pretty nice though
 
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Looks to me like ex-palm employers are not very happy by the new regime
 
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I like his lastname Sounds like he is the right guy to get the job done
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