It's easy to get if you realize one important thing...

Nokia today is not Nokia from a few years ago. The old Nokia was a company that sold you mobile devices. The problem was, some ***** sat inside Nokia and lusted after Apple's business model... which leads us to the new Nokia.

The new Nokia is a company that wants to sell you a mobile device that you'll use to purchase lots of music and other forthcoming content (N-Gage games) and lock you into their portals and services (navigation subscriptions). The device is only a means to an end, and giving customers choices by making the devices open limits Nokia's future revenue.