That government is looking for any/all scapegoats right now. Regardless... what kills me is that it seems that there are people that just seemingly love S60 as it stands and complaints about the UI are defended - in regards to the prior modern OS/UI argument - to the death (hyperbole); but even that is about to change something fierce just for Qt to fit in Symbian... so that alone tells me that the UI isn't the strong point right now for those devices. I've used an N97. It has a very nice UI, but it's very inconsistent. And honestly, it looks rather dated. Utilitarian even. The 5800 will not persuade me against the iPhone or any other HTC SenseFlo enabled Android phone either. Very technical people tend to center around the bits that... well, are visually pleasing to people. Going by the stereotypes, Linux users have epic hate for Flash. Linux users love the black and white terminal, yet shun UI's that are considered flashy and "pretty". Sure, that's going to open the door for people to talk about how the iPhone is all flash/fashion... but it's based on the BSD kernel. Pre has Linux under it. Lord people, embrace the fact that the UI does indeed make or break the item. And an inconsistent UI has no excuses in this day and age. And looking at the prior Linux based handhelds, OpenMoko, et al... the user interface is part of the OS and it enhances the OS stability below. But as a programmer that also has a design degree; I would never let any group of programmers and/or engineers develop the UI nor ergonomics of an UI. Over-complicated UI's don't belong on something as simple as a phone. Make it simple, it might become mainstream.