Remember all those threads around here about no MMS? About no portrait mode? Everybody that would happily buy it bought it, that was a gain for nokia. But anyone else maybe was even a loss for nokia. It wasn't ready for mass consmption, they didnt want it to be marketed as the iphone killer. They did not even give it to the carriers for subsidy here in Greece even if there was specific greek version. Moreover it was cheaper than N97 every month of their coexistence.

They didn't want it to sell millions even if you think it's a corporate mistake. And for me it wasn't. It's the same reason that even if I adore this device I can't recommend it to anyone but programmers.

There is more about sales than sheer profit. It's brand loyalty, image, support etc. Why no mainstream device comes with root in the repos (market, appstore etc) because they don't want to have folks who did rm -rf /* flocking to the nearest nokia care. If it was a mass market device we wouldnt be having this conversation now.