I agree with all you have written but I do not think the woes of Nokia need be permanent. Arguably, Nokia possessed a far larger and more geographically dispers

I agree with all you have written but I do not think the woes of Nokia need be permanent. Arguably, Nokia possessed a far larger and more geographically dispersed fanbase than Apple and one comparable only to Blackberry. Those fans are still alive and kicking. I am not by any means a product development expert but I consider Nokia to have made three mistakes (atop everything else the pundits divine): 1. Not creating a quality smartphone for the mass market 2. Selling the brand to Microsoft (which proceeded to decimate its value with its hideous windows OS) 3. Not trying again. The battle for market share by smartphone makers in my opinion represents skirmishes in the larger war for lebensraum in a connected future; and that is not over by any means.