Oh, yeah, they were doing great before Elop, market share was up, Maemo was supported, Meego was finished, Symbian wasn't an old, simple OS, Nokia was doing revolutionary work and design.

Before Elop, every single phone Nokia put out was revolutionary and not a copy-paste of other phones with another button on top.

The sheer revolution of having a button that starts Media Player warranted the launch of the X-press Music line. Until then, people had to start their player by pushing a physical button. The X-press of it all!

In fact, Steve told me he was about to sell Apple and use what's left of their company to buy a box of matches. Google wanted to dissolve Android in a vat of molten metal.

Then Elop came along and it all went to hell. In 3 months.