If you can’t beat ‘em, then what?

If you need more evidence that cell phone maker Nokia is completely lost in the age of iPhone-inspired smart phones, check out their latest attempt to design a new phone. Nokia’s Design by Community web site project lets customers design the next smart phone.

We want to harness the collective thoughts of the Conversations readership to map out a concept device of the future. This isn’t just about creating the next-gen smartphone, we want you to think beyond that. To avoid creating some kind of unweildy beast, we’ve created a six-step process where you get to vote for the features and functions you think are most important.

More detail on the project from Ryan Paul in Ars.

Interesting and bizarre.