About the harsh reality of adding a cellular radio to the IT, you said:
What you state is true ONLY FOR THE END CONSUMER. You forget that anything with a cellular radio has to pass governmental and carrier tests...

...if you want to sell it in the US there are 6 carrier tests (FCC for GSM, FCC for CDMA, and each of the big four have their own tests in order to put a device on the carrier deck). This is why it takes 2 years MINIUM from first device to sold device for ANY mobile device in the US. Wanna add those tests times the ones for EVERY OTHER CARRIER FOR A DEVICE THAT IS NOT YET AS USER FRIENDLY AS PICKING UP A PHONE AND MAKING A CALL!

...those tests costs $$$ which are passed back to the consumer everytime, no matter if the carrier pays subsidies on the device or not.

...add to that Nokia would have to be a WILLING participant in the cellular infrastructre of all those places that it wants to sell the IT, before its sold at a loss

...add to that that there is NOTHING OPEN SOURCE that carriers willingly want to make exposed and compromise thir business models

...and when is the last time you heard of a mobile phone costing more than $200 that wasn't an iPhone or RAZR or Palm Centro selling like hotcakes? You don't and ALL THOSE PRODUCTS ARE SOLD AT A LOSS TO PROMOTE SERVICES BEHIND THEM.

I'm calming down now...

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Look, I don't want to berate ANYONE here; but what Nokia is doing is NOT normal for a company of this size and expanse. Its taken me 6 years to see it and I am a mobile analyst. Take my word for it, this is weird and Nokia is making some serious headway in ways that's changing consumer electronics.

Still calming down...

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To the ITT commnity, apologies for the attitude. I've learned recently that not everyone sees the big picture and the small picture at the same time. I know nothing of what is going on behind Nokia's walls (I could ask but I do not). I rely on my ability to read news and trends to see the patterns and then speak what I see. Frankly, I don't expect to be right, but I do expect that in a community like this we see that the IT is more than about feeding a geek itch, its really about accessibility and connectity. I'm passionate about people for this reason; and this is why I write...