I don't have any idea who wrote that article, and I've read only the first part of it - but it is utter crap..
First - who's this guy who wrote this? how do you know he's not making this up?
One thing which caught my eye, is that the writer of the article is clearly an intelligently-challenged man:

UH REALLY? odd stuff, I tell ya - as I write these lines, I hold a Nokia N85 in front of me - which has almost the exact operation system version the E51 has. Lets make a simple test and try to set a new ringtone on my phone, shall we?
I open the music player (one button click), browse to the song I want to set as a ringtone, press 'options' and then scroll down to 'set as ringtone' and select it - and there ya go.
Damn... if those were "five or six layers and screens of menu", this is just f*cking amazing because either Nokia knows how to conceal "five or six layers and screens", OR that poor guy just doesn't know how to use his E51! I bet he's a part of Steve's mindless flock, and I just guess that by all the 'subtle' Apple-references throughout the 'article'...

So here's a trial for you - lets try and set an MP3 as a ringtone on an iPhone: First, lets go to the gallery, then pick a song to set as a ringtone, and then just stop because ITS IMPOSSIBLE! shocking...

Uh and the N97 sucked. I'll give him that - but lets not forget about the 5800 and the E71 (and its successor - the E72) which were sold a bit prior to the N97, and were sold by the MILLIONS.
I'd say that if a device (such as the E71 or the 5800XM) is getting snagged off the shelves like it was a hot and fresh cake, its doing quite fine - don't you think?

I think, IMHO, that this article is a pure pile of rubbish... And if it's writer can't get a hold of some simple facts, I think it doesn't deserve any attention, but thats just me...