S60 Open to new features

Remember when I wrote about our Speaker Independent Name Dialing (SIND) functionality, available in Nokia S60 devices starting from N70 and N90?

Well, Niko Nyman and his friends are using it, but not exactly the way we intended it...

Niko: And then I noticed every one of my contacts has a voice dialing fingerprints. An automatically generated voice fingerprint, that even pronounces and recognizes Finnish accent. Wow. I must say that after discovering the feature we had a lot of fun with my friends, typing in words from 90s techno pop songs into the Address Book.

Ville says: Best use for this function I have found is to use N90 as a modern “magic eightball” omen to make prophecys of future. I’ve got over 1200 names in my addressbook, and every time I press the voice regonition button (red dottet camera button on the side when lid is closed) and ask something like “who is ripping me of” or “who should I love” it gives me an answer. Try it out!

Niko Says: I tried asking “who is ripping me off”. Shortly a message appeared on the screen: “Calling Luottokunta…”

:D !!!

I wonder how much we should focus on enabling this kind of fun features... What do you think?

(the usual disclaimer: my colleagues here in Nokia are free to implement whatever you say in this blog. I might buy you a t-shirt and give public praise, but don't expect any monetary rewards...)