17/18 months is more than a year. It's longer than the N810 had in terms of updates and support, and it's 3 times longer than the MeeGo announcement after the release of the N900.

So... what I don't get is how relevant that you're splitting 5 or so months out of 24 and calling it a problem. Have fun with that; I tend to round up when it's over 13 months anyway. And as it stands, it's doubtful Nokia will support any Maemo endeavor officially for more than 13 months. It hasn't happened yet. There's nothing inaccurate about that insofar relating to the past.

Regardless... about my "Motorola Droid being a mediocre phone", I'm comparing it to the Droid X (better camera and keyboard imho) and to the Samsung Galaxy S (finally got my hands on one, screen is only second to the iPhone 4)... it's not bad, but it didn't compel me to buy.

Almost did though.