I still think the segment of our society that understands or even care about the things we talk about here is ridiculously small. So imho, Nokia should either be prepared to satisfy the masses or target it more decisively to the niche market that the n900 should've had.

There's no excuse for this oversight really. Nokia understood the importance of making products user friendly and accessible since they were the candybar king. It was one of their strongest differentiating factor.