What he did was identify just a handful of key sellable features that he can commit his limited resources on (design, code, produce, etc) and omit/delay/underrate the rest of the features... until they are ready to deliver those (missing features). If he didn't go through that pattern, Apple couldn't have taken a market\mindshare lead just as they did with the iPhone.
They're maemo and MeeGo... "Meamo!" sounds like what Zorro would say to catherine zeta jones... after she slaps him for looking at her dirtily...