Look, Paul. Just don’t bother. There will always be people who say stupid things without having the proper information. This is a given in the blogging world. I think the best thing to do here is ignore everyone who has an opinion based on anything but reality. I’m not saying you should ignore every opinion, but you have to draw the line somewhere. Otherwise you’ll end up believing each and every jealous individual. And that’s no good.

If you’re in Nokia’s pocket, then who’s pocket is Gizmodo in? Well I guess we know the answer to that. The difference, however, in my opinion, is given by facts. Now in your posts there are 5000 times more actual facts than in Gizmodo’s review. You know, that one.

So even if they were in someone’s pocket, and you were in Nokia’s, it still doesn’t matter.

The fact is some people have gotten so used to Apple’s paranoia that they can’t believe that there might be another company, let’s call it Nokia, who’s reaching out to ALL bloggers, not just those with n million pageviews.

As for being flown to Dubai influencing your opinions, sorry. This isn’t about one company. It’s about one person. You. It’s your blog. It’s about you. And being influenced by a paid trip is something that someone really stupid would do. And you’re not stupid.

I’ve seen dozens of people writing ‘bad’ reviews for Nokia phones they had been sent, yet they continue to receive new phones on a regular basis. Unlike other companies, Nokia seem to understand that any publicity is good publicity.

Me, I care for facts. We can disagree on absolutely everything if, and only if, we’re both aware of the facts. If one of us wanders into another universe while completely ignoring the facts, and furthermore even outright lying, then I get upset.

Other than that, it’s a free world. And blogging is for writing whatever you want. So go ahead and keep up the good work. I’ll be reading.