I’m not an official Nokia spokesperson, but Nokia’s service strategy is *not* to build walled gardens. Quite the opposite, as I see it, Nokia has always stood for openness. We do understand that walled gardens don’t fly, especially when dealing with social services (of course, there are some rare exceptions, where walled garden approach is the only way to build a great experience, but I digress…)

However, when you are in early stages of R&D, as in Beta Labs, it is often easier to build and experiment with closed systems. Therefore, what you see at Beta Labs, doesn’t accurately reflect Nokia’s service strategy.

Anyway, this cry for openness is a really important point. Thanks for the reminder – and if you see Nokia doing something silly, I hope you keep reminding us in the future too