Before I start...I have owned an Iphone (sold it 4 days ago), and just ordered the N900. I don't have it yet, but watch youtube videos about it all day - haha...

I would say, yes. They have to be feeling some pressure. Let's face it...they have the worst OS (Symbian) experience of the top 3 smart phone OSes right now (Apple, Android, and Palm). They openly admitted that in their "way ahead" speech the other day. They also accepted the fact that they have too many devices.

Most people are dumb/lazy, cheap, and don't care if their phone is "open". They need easy. Apple, Android and Palm are easy to use. Plain and simple.

This is my first Nokia device with the exception of the old-school ones back in the day (pre-smart phone(ish) type stuff). I am looking forward to it. I didn't like the restrictions apple places on the phone; however, i am not the majority. And if you're publicly traded, you have to sell units, innovate, and appeal to the masses. If you don't, you fail.

In either case, I like toying around with things. I am looking forward to getting my N900 in the mail and sharing the Maemo experience with all the good people in the forums. I don't code, but getting this N900 has started making me think about getting into some Python. It's about time.