Nobody is trying to convince others that they are right pertaining how Nokia might be failing; the facts support that in certain sectors that might affect recent purchases and starts to explain why prior tablets were so quickly forgotten.

Some people are looking for reasons to purchase the N900 or the MeeGo device and they're not finding too many reasons that things will "stay the course". If a new CEO comes in, things will change. If the current CEO has to appease the shareholders, then the customer will just be a vehicle for them to line their pockets - and you will be further overlooked.

It's not a stretch to think like that; just like it's not a stretch for people to look at the global picture and see improvement and/or stability. Two markets are being ignored... Japan and USA. We know why Japan; most don't know why the USA. OPK stated that he'd raise brand awareness and share in the USA... didn't happen.

To have your market share drop some 65% while long-reaching plans are in place and a bunch of people aren't sure what they are because the lack of external communication... that's a problem. The shareholders are jumpy and that's usual. To have your stock go from ~$40 to ~$12, that's a problem. Knowing that you might buy a product and get even less support if your micro-USB port falls out, or you want bug fixes or you want to stay updated on the bits that the community can't update due to that part being a closed part on an open platform... that's a problem.

And this isn't about how the N900 sucks, or even how the N8 might suck. I personally don't think so. And yeah, I still stick by my assertion that it's a phone that the design I don't like. The phone has optics that will beat most of what's out there now. That's a plus...

It's all about getting the most features in a phone that will be sitting around and getting used by you for the next 2+ years. And if that means once you get the phone and won't get any updates - man times have changed, I remember getting no updates on a phone was the norm! - then people will look and talk about what the company is doing business-wise.

And if it's looking bad... people will doubt the future.