Nokia works on scale. The numbers don't lie. Apple sells 1% of the globe's phones. Nokia sells 42%. The mind share and publicity numbers are paper stats that mean little to Nokia. They sell most of the phones, and most of the smartphones as well, at a 37% clip.

Despite the conjecture, Nokia seems more in touch with what people want than anyone else. They serve every market and every price point and a broad reach. If US carriers didn't interfere, they'd run the US as well.

The main issue had been hackers like me breaking their DRM on Symbian. They saw the market needed something more open, accessible and with more power. The iPhone sits in the middle in mind share, but beneath both Symbian and Maemo technology wise. Nokia tries to lead in technology, and knows as the US market matures, so will its mobile requirements. They don't need to dumb anything down. Most of the world is satisfied with more power and control over looks and simplicity, and the US is slowly joining them. In the meantime, Nokia will greatly improve usability while maintaining power and control to negate the iPhone's relevance, which is where it rules.