If this is Nokias Big Announcement...I find it sad. I never understood how large corporations think that something as lame as this would help them. From a consumer point of view....
I have the n900 and it version of the nav software just like others versions before on other devices....is just a bad user experience. So for someone like me who has only owned Nokia devices...to see an announcement like this makes me keep thinking maybe I should look at other devices. They just dont "get it"
I keep hoping Nokia sees the light, but like many other corporations its not about quality for the most part...its about share holders and quick profit.
It has been said many times that the n900 is a nokia project, a geek device, not a main stream device.
In one aspect I love that because it is a geek device, but on the other hand I hate it because it slows development.
I started playing with Maemo on the n800, and like many others have seen nokia time and time again....leave it to the community to fix it. Wrong attitude. Your team is only as good as your leader!
This is not a rant, just an opinion. I still hold hope for Nokia and hope they can remain relevant. They make kick *** hardware, and have a lot of good ideas. They just need to get their act together.
I'm glad Google is in the phone business now as I cant stand Apple. Microsoft in a couple months will also be joining the race. There have also been rumors of others to follow as well, and I think the more options there are the better. At this point in time I think things have become for the most part stagnant/standard. We need more innovation out there.