I've hear it so many times that I surprise myself for not believing it by now. Bashing S60 is by now the most popular sport, at least until the Olympic Games are started in Beijing. S60 is said to be difficult to learn (when compared to the Finnish language), difficult to understand (compared to the string theory) and definitely uglier than Miss South Carolina.

This week Leo Laporte had something to say about S60, you would not believe what he had to say in his "this Week in Tech" podcast, episode 139: 4-TWiTty. If you want to go straight to the chase forward to minute 59:50 (easier with the Nokia Podcasting application than on his web site). So, is he right?

As Ugur was making the point recently you do not need [always] the latest hottest technology or the biggest ever budget to add the wow effect to your application. Some times all you need is 50$ ... and a lot of brain.

Here's another proof of that idea: