Usually Nokia make great hardware (my parter's xpress 5800 seems to be indestructible).

My N900 feels very solid and has been dropped or knocked a few times and seems compeletely undamaged - even the usb port is still solid (we won't mention other n900s with detachable usb ports).

Unfortunately Nokia's software strategy is a shambles.

Maemo is now a stable platform and was ripe for further development but unfortunately was not "cool enough" so Nokia decided to discontinue it and started Meego instead.

The n900 was the perfect starting point to start a new line of smartphones and let's face it people have done some very clever things with it.

Nokia could have easily released a new model this year - e.g. a multi-touch keyboardless model.

The n900 and maemo platform could have been a very slick line of devices and Nokia would have the ability to challange Apple, Google and Microsoft.

If Nokia did things properly more Developers would have stood by maemo and a larger mainstream app catalogue for everyone to play with - if Nokia took maemo mainstream - but they did'nt.

Nobody is going to wait too long for Meego - the market is passing Nokia by. Meego is Nokia's last chance to put things right and even then maybe too late.

As it stands Nokia will soon become just another budget handset maker.

Meego has the potential to offer something really special in the smartphone market - real innovation - e.g. proper multitasking and an open platform where anyone can write their own apps.