Nokia have got two choices with how to make Maemo commercially viable.

They can either make it a lot bigger (to compete with mini-laptops):

http://www.gadgeteer.org.uk/wp-conte...n810vseee1.jpg

or make it a lot smaller (to compete with phones and music players):

http://talk.maemo.org/attachment.php...1&d=1240756582

http://mightygadget.co.uk/wp-content...ands-on-20.jpg

Staying where they are isn't an option, as it isn't really leading anywhere commercially. People simply aren't buying tablet-sized devices, they are all going for something smaller or bigger.

Obviously a lot of people on maemo.org are happy with the tablets the way they are, but the new devices need more than just current maemo.org users in order to survive commercially. The number of people using maemo has to grow a lot if it is to stand on its own two feet.