I understand that in a legal sense the application installation problems aren't Nokia's fault. But 3rd party applications are one of the most compelling selling points of the tablets. That should give Nokia plenty of incentive to improve customer satisfaction with the installation procedure.

I've asked this a few times before and I don't think anyone ever responded: is there any reason automatic dependency checking can't be set up? Either have maemo.org flag applications that don't include all dependencies in their install file, or use another system. Maybe have the application manager automatically search repositories on gronmayer. That site is great, but how many people will go through the trouble to find it? Would it make sense to move the gronmayer repository site to Maemo.org? Nokia could certainly figure out a way to make application installation work better. But for some reason, they don't seem interested.

I'm beginning to understand that Nokia views the tablets as low-volume niche devices. But I'm afraid they are going to get killed by their high-volume consumer-friendly competitors.