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Yeah, with the exception of my 6300, many of my Nokias has been reduced to a creaking plastic mess in months (mind you, solid, working creaking messes!). They did look cool though, and Nokia has never been afraid of trying UNIQUE form factors, which I love about them. (I seriously wanted an N92 for the longest time...)
Nokia phones used to be the ones to have--just a few years ago, the N95 8 GB was definitely one of the top phones to have (remember when the original N95 came out and they were going for $1100 on RS classifieds?). Where Nokia first messed up is when the first iPhone came out, and when Android came out. Sure, those first iterations were flawed, and they weren't adopted in large enough numbers to threaten Nokia, but they should've seen what was coming.
Series 60, as powerful at it was, didn't offer the polish that iOS did. Compared to Android, it lacked the openness and flexibility to draw developers in. Then when Nokia finally figured out that they needed something to compete, what'd they do? They released phones with craptastic resistive touch displays and slightly warmed-over versions of S40/S60 OSes.
While I think Nokia is still in a position where it could, technically, survive with their own OS, I don't think they have the resources to do it. HP can stick by WebOS because they have gobs of cash to pour into R&D (three new devices launched today), along with an existing line of products they can stick WebOS on--Nokia doesn't have that luxury.
It saddens me to say it, but I think the best thing Nokia could do now is adopt Android (or perhaps WP7?). I say Android because Nokia produces great, unique hardware and software; WP7 doesn't give them much software flexibility, but with Android they could customize it fairly deeply (a la Sony Ericsson's Xperia).
I want to see some awesome handsets out of Nokia ASAP! The N8 feels amazing and has a great camera. Toss a more modern OS with a good developer community on it, give the screen a boost in resolution, get broader carrier support, all while retaining some of that Nokia uniqueness in industrial design and software (not another generic Android phone thing, please), and then we'll see.
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