I read this whole thread and for me...this post says it all. I want an N8 myself, but after a N97 (and even the much improved N97 mini) I went iOS. At the time it was kind of a lesser of evils choice. I really wanted to go the unlocked route again and buy Nokia, but the N97 and N95 kind of ruined that for me. The lack of timely updates on a device I spent nearly $700 on completely turned me off of Nokia. I would have gone Android, but one again...I'm stuck on AT&T and was still a bit gun-shy on the unlocked thing, even for a N1 or NS.
All in all, I think BOTH companies needed to do SOMETHING. WP7 wasn't catching on the way MS wanted, and Nokia, well...we all know Nokia's issues. The nostalgic part of me mourns for Symbian...but I Nokia was just sailing along rudderless for too long...or at least without a clear direction.
Perhaps this isn't the direction I would have chosen...but it's a direction, FINALLY! Elop came in, grabbed the wheel, set a course and made it clear to the troops what that direction was.
All in all, I think BOTH companies needed to do SOMETHING. WP7 wasn't catching on the way MS wanted, and Nokia, well...we all know Nokia's issues. The nostalgic part of me mourns for Symbian...but I Nokia was just sailing along rudderless for too long...or at least without a clear direction.
Perhaps this isn't the direction I would have chosen...but it's a direction, FINALLY! Elop came in, grabbed the wheel, set a course and made it clear to the troops what that direction was.
