The E7 looks very slick, but for most of us who have been here before the n900, these devices aren't considered competitors to any high-end handheld computing device. Even current smartphones. Nokia continues to draw a very thick line between Symbian products and Maemo/MeeGo products. The screen resolution says everything.

These phones are a huge contrast to what plenty of us are expecting. Even though it won't be a dual-core A9, I'm becoming very optimistic that the N9 will be a must buy. It will be Nokia's only competitor to the likes of the iPhone and the Galaxy S.

As usual, these Symbian devices will never be a consideration for my kind, but I hope Nokia's Qt vision pays off so that the masses just won't care what's underneath. Or about screen resolution.