Nokia had the 66XX series phones and that time those devices were just a mere dream in the USA market. Nokia kept advancing and until Nokia N95 8GB I was really happy with their inventions! In my opinion Nokia made the biggest mistake "holding an iphone" in their hands. Because they somehow tought they had to produce a device to fight the iphone.
I do not want to get into the details which phone beats what! But the first iphone was 10 years behind Nokia symbian phones. 6680 (produced 2005) had BT transfer and front camera.. multitasking etc..etc.....
iphone (2007) didn't have anything that even worth looking(touch interface is not something interesting for me)
so Nokia somehow!?!? thought they had to produce a device to be some variant and alternative to iphone!
this was the BIGGEST mistake of the NOKIA!
because they had a very steady incline and ideas.. They were only advancing, sometimes HUGE advances in tech.. sometimes small but they were advancing in the way which they standed!
With the panic of iphone, nokia started to develop V5 and that time they have lost all my belief and support!
don't get me wrong I still use Nokia and if nokia finishes I will simply stop using cellphones but I will most likely NEVER purchase an apple device. Because I dislike apple.
Nokia intruduced touchscreen phones years ago, I have personally bought and used them, but I really never cared about that touch interface. I am not saying it is useless.. I just think it is not so important.
The most important thing is the RAM! CPU!
anyhow they have somehow come to today!
I, for so long felt very bad.. My favorite company! The inventors of the MOBILE WORLD for me was really about to vanish!
Today I wish they suffer from the mistakes they made.
If I was in any power of the Nokia! I would FIRE every single person who helped in the production of the N97. That device is a JOKE!
I think it will take good 10 years for Nokia to get back on it's feet! "IF" it will ever get back!