And that was when their only competition was Motorola. Newer, more swift and mobile competition came along and they had been resting on their laurels, came out with the N97 that wasn't really an impressive jump over the N95... it all worked against them.

2007 was their last golden year. It's been downhill ever since. They reacted slowly, didn't innovate beyond Maemo. Complacent in the market, not viewing or being in the forefront for newer trends. Not reaching out to developers and bringing out stuff like N-Gage, et al... not bringing their A-game to the table either.

That's my opinion. You have yours.