Re: I'd agree that Nokia's taking was not Elop's fault
"Hardware quality and industrial design are still top-notch for asperational-market appeal, but their software quality has been deteriorating significantly over the last five years (to the point that they're merely average)."
Has it been deteriorating or has everything else just caught up?
I suspect that there is simply a limit to what you can do with a handheld regardless of technology, and at some point it all becomes polishing. Once you reach that point, it becomes about who can deliver the same amount of polish cheapest.