S60 Open to new features

This is where gov't regulation should kick in. But no, the US values independence over everything, including the ability of big companies to independently collude to remove competition and drive up revenue. (Yes I sound bitter, but I'd expected the world's leading nation to be somehow *better*).

and to The Doctor: It's not Nokia *not* treating the US the same as the world, it's the US (and its companies) not treating anything or anyone the same as they're treated everywhere else in the world. (Imperial not metric, NTSC not PAL, CDMA not GSM/UTMS, etc etc).

@Craig, randy: US carriers (and mega-operators everywhere) have many detailed requirements, from pre-installing links and applications and settings, to limiting features or settings. The most amazing example I know is Verizon does not allow Bluetooth file transfer -- they insist you use Verizon Picture Messaging to transfer things from your phone to your computer or someone else's phone.

I don't know officially what iPhone lacks that carriers typically require of manufacturers, but lacking MMS is an obvious candidate. AT&T also allows iPhone to automatically roam to WiFi when available, which many operators object to (they don't get paid when you use WiFi!) The browser doesn't support Flash Lite (which we've been required to do for a while, and working hard with Adobe to get it on devices) or WML, which they still require us to support in our browser.

See David Pogue's post for more.

Glad to hear Nokia is kind enough to treat the US somewhat as well as the rest of the world.

Like Oliver Twist, though, I find myself (mobile-technologically) starving and asking, "Please, Sir, may I have some more?"

"More" being 3G technology that works in the USA. The E65 and N95 are somewhat pointless otherwise.

Interesting article in the Wall Street Journal on July 12: Best Buy Moves to More Mobile Selections By SAMAR SRIVASTAVA.

Best Buy is a major electronics retailer in the US, a so-called Big Box store. The article points out that while Best Buy "has a 20% market share in consumer electronics and a 25% market share in information-technology products like computers, it has only a 2% share of the mobile phone market, selling roughly three million a year."

That's a problem for the retailer, as consumers begin to tie purchase decisions for traditional electronics to their decisions about mobile devices. Best Buy hooked up with Europe's Carphone Warehouse to beef up their mobile sales.

According to the article, it's working. Mobile phone sales per store up 250% during last autumn's Thanksgiving holiday, the traditional kick-off of over the holiday shopping season in the US.

Readers with subscriptions to the WSJ online edition can read the full article here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118419085215363823-search.html?KEYWORDS=best+buy+mobile&COLLECTION=wsjie/6month

i am also curious to know the answer to the question that craig posed. please let us know!

What do you mean by:

"I also believe it's a bit of a sore point with some parts of the company that the iPhone does not comply with some of the requirements Cingular/AT&T insists that our phones meet!"

Is it the interface, the software branding, the lack of Cingular logo on the back, etc???

Thanks