I think that they have shown, over the past four years I would guess, that they are somewhat incapable of executing long term objectives. They commit to Maemo(Fremantle?) then Harmattan(?) and now Meego (Fremantle/Harmattan/Intel). They obviously don't have a clear roadmap to the future and I think it is bad when regular people such as myself are able to spot it. They spread themselves too thin with all these phones. Maybe they should take a play from Apple and release one high end phone a year. A phone that has a stable OS, bleeding edge features, and kick-*** customer support. I think that would do more to shore up the image that people have of Nokia. Sure they can release a thousand mid-range phones but for the $600 price and up they need one device every 12-18 months IMO. They will be known as a value brand, that generic gray and white cereal box on the shelf if they continue in this fashion. They make great entry phones but their high end devices cannot and should not follow the path of these mid range devices. For them to think so long term they shouldn't change their game plan like every day.

"They just need to fix everything Ovi, write code like crazy, bring out some ridiculous hardware and advertise like Viagra. Reading this thread, I'm not sure the top suits in management understand this. Certainly the shareholders don't seem to get it."

The shareholders get it. They see numerous devices getting more attention and they want something done about. They wonder why the N900 has not revolutionized the mobile phone space. They wonder why they have somebody in placce that is dragging their feet to get things done. They bought the company that made QT in 2008? It is 2010 and they are just getting it ready to go? They just released the development kit? I remember reading a thread where they complained about a lack of developer resources? How do you have that when you need to compete with the likes of Apple and the surging Android OS? If they make it hard for the developers then it is going to be hell for end-users. I think Im ranting so I will stop.