Hi livefreeordie,

First of all, thank you for a very constructive post. I'm sure some will find they don't agree with some of your points, but it is incredibly refreshing to see a properly argumented and formulated post.

However, as this doesn't really relate to Maemo nor the N900 in particular, maybe this would have made more sense in the Off-Topic or General forums.

I completely agree with you: Nokia's move to make a press release that announced the factory-release of the devices was a mistake; they highly overestimated the intelligence of their customers. The incessant trolling and moaning that ensued has no doubt generated a lot of pain and discouraged a few users, moreover I believe it has hurt the COmmunity: our job is not to wield off armies of prepubescent infants throwing a tantrum over the delivery of their latest toys.

I'm afraid not familiar enough with S60 to cast a vote on the other points you adressed, but overall I don't believe firing solves these kind of issues. Yes, some things will need to change, but it is only through making the mistakes that one can learn. I hope Nokia as a whole will learn from the issues they have encountered.

Again, thanks for this post.

(Written on my [loan] N900)