Hei this is Engadget, what did you expect? They have this need to sound superior to others even if they never achieved anything else in their life expect to cash that monthly cheque.

No such thing as free. For this to be useful you have to stream datasets from Google, via your mobile network.

What $600 device? You can get good branded GPS navigator for less than £100 over here and you don't need to be tied into any expensive data contract.

"Symbian OS doesn't seem to be a popular OS among many users."

Stupid US centric viewpoint. Explain then how did Nokia sold 16.4 million S60 smartphones just last quarter?

Why are you listing old models from a couple of years ago dumbass?

Nokia has many phones because they create different devices for different market and regions and demographics. That is how they succedd. For us geeks, you will only need to be concerned with a couple of models. You think people on low income in third world would be interested in N900 or E72? Nope. That is why they have 1000, 2000 and 3000 series for them. Nokia caters not only to pretend geeks like you.

Some of the models you listed are not available in all countries, just like cars, TVs and whatever. Look at Acer, Dell and whatever. They have countless of models and sub-models with different codes for even the slightest difference in specifications like RAM amount.

@Truth,

Go back to school and learn to read, iMoron.

@Detox

Yes there are, around the world. Where are you from? The US? Perhaps not. But in many countries around the world, Nokia is a huge brand with many fans - even those who just buys S40 (their none-smartphone platform) phones.

Click a lot? On my S60 device, nine of my favourite apps can be accessed via just a single button press. The others are only a couple of clicks away.

"I think Nokia should look to that for their future devices rather than spending all their R&D on developing a new OS."

Oh ffs, you really are clueless.

Nokia has been developing Maemo for many many years. It isn't as new as it seems. The Maemo platform has existed for a couple of years BEFORE Android, way back in 2005.

Obviously I have nothing against Nokia introducing a new platform. S60 was once new, though it is now mature enough to power most of Nokia's none-touchscreen mid-range devices. I myself am looking forward to future Maemo devices, but until they can get it onto small sub-100g mid-range devices, S60 (and future Symbian^2 and up) will continue to exist simply because the market demands it.

Not everyone wants a touchscreen phone, and Nokia knows this.