Ummm....No. If you have ever lived in Africa, for example - and i was bred, born and raised there, you will quickly realised that 'tech up' is something of a pipe dream. That is why iPhone is so small in Africa and only seen as a wealth symbol.

iPhone is tied to the Mac and dependant for app downloading, etc. A computer is still seen as a scarce luxury item for the vast majority and smartphones, yes, the N900 included are also dependant to some extent on computers and decent, available wifi/internet access which a lot of Africa does not have. What is needed, is a phone which never lets a signal go (Nokia) and is reliable, robust and functional (Nokia sounds about right for these requirements )

What Africa does have is an amazing infrastructure of cellphone coverage, to the point that dropped calls is unknown. I know, when i went to the States I saw T-Mobile and friends advertise who had the least dropped calls, i though this was a joke. So what, in my example, Africans need are good, solid cellphones, very much what Nokia produces and from this foundation Africans are not 'teching up' but using that availble technology to overcome various infra-structure and geographic challenges. an example is cellphone banking...Africa is a lot more advanced in this area than other places.

Steve Jobs i think, has realised this, becuase an iPhone without apps is what? and that is one of the reasons why they have targeted the US in such a big way, while other, lesser developed parts of the world are welcoming functionality and reliability in terms of the Nokia.

Jumbled thoughts i know...