I agree completely. I think though, that Nokia is unsure what its market is with this device.

I bought it because it was the next logical step from my Palm TX. But many people, often those who previously had N770s and 800s are on the technical side of things and simply want 'net access on a tiny Linux computer.

In other words, for me it's a Palm with laptop capabilities, for them it's a laptop that goes in their pocket.

With the Palm, you got lots of software development because people (including me to a small extent) can make money from it. With the open source movement- and I'm a great admirer of it - you get what someone chooses to supply from the goodness of their heart.

What I'd like is for there to be a mix, so that I could buy slick commercial style software, a Win/ Mac/ Linux syncable PIM, for example, if I wanted. But why would someone, Nokia included, spend money developing software that in at least 'good enough' form can be obtained for nothing?

Nokia could corner the PDA market with this machine - who would want a Win Mob box after trying an 810? - but I don't think they are interested. Maybe, compared with phones, simply not a big enough market?

I'd love to know Nokia's take on this!