well i waited for 6months for the n97 to be released, pre ordered it costing £500, it was absolutely terrible until 6months later when fw2.0 made it barely acceptable, but by then i hated it, and hated them!
swore blind that id never ever give them my money again.
then did a lot of research looking for my next phone and ended up with the n900, so nokia must be doing something right for me to give them another £500 for the n900,
(thats £1000 in 6months i gave them by the way)
but ill never but a phone again until its been on the market for at least 4months, i think a lot of people are very wary about choosing nokia now, and i think there making absotutely sure pr1.2 is ready before releasing it, so they dont look like plums again, cos it would be the end of them if they bricked everyones phone

but i agree with these points:
scrapping maemo?
lack of apps?
no news on firmware fixes ? (that are desperately needed by most)
and throwing more money at symbian?

someone at nokia needs a slap!
need to get back to the n95 days when nokia ruled the world
and forget the usa market, make awesome products that actually work, and the usa buyers will come to them
simples!