Having owned a 770 and owning a n810, submitted/commented/voted on several bug reports, and developed/ported applications I think I'm a little more seasoned about these issues. Honestly I could care less who is to blame, it really just sucks.

My big problem is that Nokia can't get out of it's own way, let alone drive a sensible development process. Independent development for the platform is a joke with the only good tool being scratchbox ( which can't install on 64bit systems )*, documentation that is spotty at best ( check out the bora docs sometime )**, the bug database does suck***, and a community that is so starved for new ideas that many developers are turned off from the deluge of comments/criticism. Figuring out how to use some of the necessary system libraries is an exercise in frustration. And last, but not least, is a rather convoluted and poorly documented process for uploading and inclusion in the default "Extras" repository. ( yes I know this is getting better, but better than sucks doesn't say a lot ).

I have already been flamed for calling the entire platform "BETA" with calls to "Wait for Diablo"..... well it's here and I don't think Nokia has made any great strides with it's QA process.

My honest opinion is the whole platform really kinda sucks. Why do I stick with it? Because right now it sucks *LESS* than anything else that is out there right now and I don't think I'm the only one who thinks this way. This makes the whole platform an easy target as people will flee like rats from a sinking ship once a better technology comes around. We have already seen the iSheep and eeePC stealing users left and right, just wait till Android really hits the streets with a sane development system and good hardware.

The NIT's *COULD* have been great. I would never recommend them to anyone, but those people that have seen me use one think the idea is great and are flabbergasted to find out that they have been making them for years without promoting them.

* Scratchbox2 development is coming along, but at what pace?; Yes I know about the VM, but last I checked it's chinook SDK, not DIABLO.

** Yes, trying to be a good developer and make my stuff work under OS2007

*** Bugs with more than 15 votes sorted by bug number ( date ) I think it's crazy that bugs listed as major defects have wallowed for two years. Enhancements like being able to customize the clock to 12/24 hours have languished for well over 2 years, and proper ogg support has been there for almost 3 years.