They didn't release a Linux phone until less than a year ago. A Symbian3 phone (Nokias Symbian) came out a couple of weeks ago. Their previous phones have all been the old Symbian and S40, but S40 is not a smartphone OS. Nokia has never been into OS until now. The N800 is nothing more than a small PC. When you look at the purchasing of Symbian and Trolltech (Qt), all this is really obvious. Nokia did not have what it takes to make a OS. With the experience from Meamo and the UI-excellence at Trolltech and the low level OS expertice at Symbian, Nokia is now finally going places. I really don't think this could have been speeded up at all, they are going as fast as it gets without stumbeling too much, but they could have started earlier. They should have figured out what was happening, but then again, neither did Palm or Microsoft before it was too late. Nokia got it all now. Skilled people, experienced people, full control of two OS'es and the best UX around anywhere (Qt based). Nokia had none of this only a year ago.