Mobile Info Planet

The Nokia N8 was finally supposed to be released at the end of this month, but now Unwiredview.com reports that it has been delayed, once again, until October.

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The reason is apparently that they are still fixing bugs!

Now, the fact that Nokia wants to release a device that is bug-free is all good and well. But Nokia's competitors also strive to release devices that are without issues, and not only are they arguably more successful in doing so, but they also A) do not need to make a big fuss about it, but also B) manage to do so, and C) without any delays.
Point in case, you have the HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire Z, which were announced only a few days ago and will be available in less than a month.

The difference in productivity between the two companies is staggering. How many sales will Nokia lose as a result of this? Unless one is specifically interested in Symbian^3, the average consumer is not going to hold out for the N8; instead they will walk into a store, see the excellent new HTC phones (among many other options) and get that instead. By all accounts, even Windows 7 will be available by then. In other words, Nokia had an excellent window of opportunity right after the summer which they will now miss.

You would expect certain basic processes to be in place at Nokia, the largest smartphone manufacturer in the world. Yet their absence is painfully obvious, once again, with this last delay.