Nokia hires Peter Skillman, former Palm Design VP, as MeeGo user experience chief

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tissot | # 1 | 2010-09-14, 16:06 | Report

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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sophocha | # 2 | 2010-09-14, 16:10 | Report

Now all the future Nokia phones will be oval and have curves.....Is this bad or not, I don`t know

maluka | # 3 | 2010-09-14, 16:12 | Report

Originally Posted by sophocha View Post

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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JamesDownWell | # 4 | 2010-09-14, 16:24 | Report

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

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tissot | # 5 | 2010-09-14, 16:32 | Report

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.

wmarone | # 6 | 2010-09-14, 16:35 | Report

Originally Posted by tissot View Post

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.

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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.

quipper8 | # 7 | 2010-09-14, 16:49 | Report

Originally Posted by wmarone View Post

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

3beers | # 8 | 2010-09-14, 17:30 | Report

Looks to me like ex-palm employers are not very happy by the new regime

HellFlyer | # 9 | 2010-09-14, 17:39 | Report

I like his lastname

Sounds like he is the right guy to get the job done

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ragnar | # 10 | 2010-09-14, 17:44 | Report

http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/06...igned-pre.html

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