So (mobile companion) tablets are a no-starter because of the 2002 vintage Simputer effort? Oh goodie...

Don't worry though, Nokia seems very unlikely to pursue this idea further and from Maemo's point of view the Cortex A5 belongs in the category of uninteresting low-end Maemo competitors (incl. Symbian phones).

Personally I hope that some other firm(s) would do a better N8x0 using some open OS rather than wince.