The market numbers (and loyalty) generated by the Maemo philosophy is "market research in action," so whatever success nokia has in this area would be a company secret, because it's one more step that other companies need to take but won't now because the area is largely unexplored. That's a small but nonetheless very significant hurdle, (think about trying to justify the expense of a Maemo type model to a CEO/ CFO, especially when open model is so against the grain of anybody leadng a large company). So Nokia is glad to "Let them do their own FOSS based market research." The longer those companies sit unaware, the longer Nokia has to get the tuning "just right."

While I think you may be correct, I hope the main reason they won't reveal these numbers is because they are experiencing more success than they want to reveal, along with a Nokia desire to cultivate this business model unharassed.


Joe