Nokia gets it - let US design it
This floated across my nose awhile back, and I apologize for just getting to it.
But it turns out that Nokia gets it. The guys from the REAL great white north are allowing user input into what goes into and onto phones, and how they should operate.
Here is a quote lifted from the Web site NewsFactor Network:
 “The ability to include large numbers of users into the development cycle means you can have a much more collaborative approach to development and you can try ideas out, refine them and move forward — or fail fast and get out,” said Bob Iannucci, Nokia’s chief technology officer. “We want more wild ideas.”
The story also recounts the Forrester study on the future of the wireless Web and how it will grow, and how Nokia’s initiative could help shape how we use it.
“Forrester Research expects the number of mobile Internet users to triple over the next five years in Western Europe alone, to 125 million, while Nokia expects its double-digit margins on handsets to shrink.”
So they did the right thing (which is sooo rare nowadays) - they let US design it.
Can’t wait to see some of those ideas at work. My first suggestion - I would love to see what they could do with a Windows Mobile powered device. Try something other than Symbian as an OS, and see what else is out there.
What are your ideas? What would you like on a phone/mobile device?
