Nokia could very well be playing this one out in a smart way because everything is right for a PROPER flagship portayal as the N9 has been designed specifically for production speed as the board layout is a LOT simpler than the N900 for example.

It could very well turn out to be massive depending on sales feedback of the units they have produced.

The advertising campaign behind this device is certainly bigger than it was for the N900.

They were bitten hard by Maemo because of lack of Maemo development not because of the hardware itself so it COULD be a case of let's wait and see where the software goes and following sales before they actually allow this to be a worldwide seller.

Just my thoughts on this because of the pure size of the campaign going on right now from Nokia especially in the Asian sectors.