I'm no expert in those matters, so I may be wrong, but things like Phone app are near impossible to replace them with Open things, right?
I also agree with no-go for focusing on tablets all-together. We're Maemo (or whatever we want to call us, if Nokia won't like to give trademarks - which is most likely to happen IMO), and I don't see a point in drowning into grey mass of android/whatever forums/portals.
I wouldn't hold my breath for that. Companies just don't engage into raw (and public) dialogues with as vague an entity as 'the community'. That's why we elect council members to represent us. If you desire 'answers', I think it's time to pay attention to our own council members and open up dialogue with them (or go to where they have their discussions; irc, mailing list, etc).
Actually it was MeeGo i was thinking of and as they require a minimum spec i think what Google did is the way to go. There is not only Intel that will make a handset/tablet but many China production companies will give a good price on a protortype too. Joint venture between Maemo and MeeGo maybe?. Some brilliant dev's on this site and i think it really is the way to go.
Seriously though, thank you for this reasonable and well-balanced post, with which I agree whole-heartedly. Are you sure you're feeling alright?
Short answer: Not. by the way, it would be big waste of time and energy. Really, think about it as divorce.Just get along with your own life, and think about future without Nokia (of course this is metaphor, I mean community should close things with Nokia as soon as possible and appropriate, then focus on future). Don't let our child (Maemo) suffer during divorce. Nokia isn't interesting @ taking care, so We're single father/mother now