Well I think it is not a bad marketing problem. Here are the few steps in the wrong direction that give me the idea that they are somewhat disturbed by the buzz the N900 is making :
* N900 is launched before the actual Nokia World event, like hoping the wow effect will go away in several days;
* at the real nokia world event we get the "wrong step" info telling us that this is only the fourth like a message do not buy it yet, there will be something else next year. I thought these guys, at this level, don't make such unintentional mistakes;
* Dr. Ari Jaaksi is starting his interview also at nokia world acting like N900 is not something amazing, just something for "those guys" . And this coming from the one guy at nokia that should praise the N900 like the holly grail of phones, right? After all he is VP for maemo devices ;
* on September 4 , one day after the nokia world, another step back reported at http://www.mobilenewscwp.co.uk/News/...ject_n900.html containing this specific quote: "We have a good, long lasting relationship with the networks, but we understand that they may not be happy with the user interface because it cannot be customised." How can linux interface not be customized. This again comming from Nokia executive vice president Kari Tuutti;
* again, today we get another news at http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/...900/2009-09-09 .Ok so now we get it, not that you cannot, just that nokia doesn't want it to happen. Why? Maybe because this way operators will not embrace this device?

So do you smell something rotten in Denmark? Or should I get my pills?

What I do not understand, unless there is an actual fight inside nokia departments, is why would you invest in building such a powerful device and then simply trying to push its sales back right before actually selling it.