You're wrong on this one. It's not like someone said that. Someone said it! Maemo, from 770 to N900, was and is a niche product. And: There's nothing wrong with niche products as long as they're in my niche.

I normally wouldn't have said that (because I assume you know), but it maybe healthy to write it down. I read recently in a German language article that Nokia "failed" with the Internet Tablets, their first attempt on the tablet market, because it never sold well. People seem to be obsessed with hero-devices and sales charts only. I think it's up to Nokia - and only to Nokia - to judge the success of a product, and the only benchmark is their own business plan. If they sell more than expected, it's a success - an we'll never know because we don't know how much they thought they'd sell.