Milhouse has been around since OS2005 and is pretty much on the money here. The RSS app's only visible changes are making the toolbar finger friendly compared with the OS2005 version (AFAICT). Yes, lots of bugs have been fixed, but it's still a fairly painful experience (and loves to try and connect to the Internet if your always-on connection isn't; e.g. London Underground).

Yes, Maemo 5 is a step-change compared with OS2008; but the OS only goes so far. As I said back in April 2008, if Nokia's out-of-the-box apps don't raise the bar for developers, developers won't step up to the challenge.

Having a whizzy OS, a decent browser and an adequate music player doesn't make up for a shitty RSS reader, sub-optimal email client and crappy (but, yay, actually improving) development tools.

iPhone, iPod Touch, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3Gs, iPad. Ah, so Apple are a step ahead? ;-)

Apple - as a company - is more focused on these products than Nokia are. They've invested more heavily and are reaping the rewards. Nokia's "take it slowly" approach hasn't been enough to overcome the "we're not as cool as Apple" barrier.