Ewan MacLeod

"Good to hear from you Meraj. I'm willing to bet it wasn't a Nokia N97 that you gave to your father?" - Ewan MacLeod

"<grin> I'd be amazed if Nokia was considering anything like this, Nige." - Ewan MacLeod

"Here's what I posted over on All About Symbian (who picked up the post -- complete with some smart analysis (nice one Rafe) and some stupid, stupid idiotic responses about the salary fee I picked at random): - - - - - I am absolutely amazed that the majority of you have chosen to home in on the 3,500 a month stipend I suggested. This was back-of-fag-packet. Make it 10,000 a month. Make it 50,000 a month. My point -- as Rafe accurately surmised -- was relating to market forces. Look at you! If I use the responses here as an average representation of Symbian, no wonder the market has simply moved past you all. I agree with Rafe's assertion that Nokia should fix the market from the front-end (easy, cheaper to develop) but I think it's a little bit too late. If you could wave a magic wand -- if Nokia's CEO, OPK, suddenly said 'change this, this and this' ... we're talking years before that change will impact the market. Let's not forget the real problem. Right now, Nokia customers are..." - Ewan MacLeod

"Good to hear from you Barney. Thinking back to my A-Level Economics lessons, most efforts in trying to 'change' or influence the marketplace don't usually work. (e.g. USSR government producing 50,000 left shoes.) That said I think Nokia needs to do something, pronto, about the dire user experience. Make no mistake, I think Ovi Store is really, really smart. Finally we've got rid of the crazy install UI. It's a lot more consumer friendly. The real trouble is there's not enough interesting, stimulating things for normobs to play with." - Ewan MacLeod