Well actually branding it "N-series" on the case-back could be a stigma. According to people selling phones in phone shops that I have talked to, they think the N96 and N97 were botched devices and the public see N-series as poor. Especially as they expect it to continue on from the N97, due to lack of knowledge by the general public (we don't count in that).

Perhaps it should have been branded M900, M for Maemo? Or the X range should have been saved for Maemo phones?