It's ironic that Nokia went with Microsoft Windows Phone 7 that makes everybody do the same thing, yet it was announced that Nokia could adjust and modify as they see fit.

Which would mean some form of fragmentation, only at a much lesser extent. It's still fragmentation.

Nokia's heyday is nostalgic. They're in survival mode now. Innovation has largely gone away - camera's only so far going forward post-MeeGo/N9 release - and ultimately you're arguing about something that makes very little sense.

Nokia now does not equate to Nokia then. In fact, Nokia now is still trying to figure out what Nokia will do next. It's WP7 now, but Apollo (WP8) looks to be what they will have to do in order to be competitive in tablets (Win8) and phones (WP8).

Meanwhile, Lumia 900 was delayed, it's not yet released and once released who knows what it will do. Subsidized at 99 bucks, I might get one. At $449, it's cheaper than I paid for the N9.

I didn't say better. I said cheaper.

The CEO can blame anything he wants. But as it stands, most people are no more enthusiastic about WP7 now than they were before it came out. Only a very small set of people seem to care.

Sadly, same thing can be said about the N9. Only a very small set of people seem to care.