Nokia know full well that if other venders join the MeeGo bandwagon, then their job becomes a lot more competitive on that front. Nokia became complacent, they were top dog and didn't/don't put R&D or customer upgrade paths in the places where their customers really want it. This is something that will drastically alter their hand now with MeeGo. They will have to continually be the best to keep on top, Android and Apple aside.

Quim even mentioned something along these lines when there was a query about vendors mucking up MeeGo on their own devices. If you as a customer are not happy with the device, and see a better option from someone else, you'll go for it. This is extremely evident in the Android handset market and I'm sure Nokia are going to learn a great deal from them. With all the Android based devices out their the competition has really kicked off and customers will weigh up the benifits of one device over another. Hopefully this will happen with MeeGo and put back the competitive streak that Nokia have been missing the past 5 years.

Good luck Nokia, I really hope you're up to it.