Nokia's Swansong?

Nokia's big problem is to stay relevant in the next 3 years, and as we noted in our recent analysis of their travails, a key thing this year is to have a device that keeps up with the pack. This week is Nokia Week and they have released a family of new devices. Will that do the job? I'v been reading the various releases as they have come out, and my (subjective) impression is that even many of their traditional fans are "damning with faint praise" - ie even they realise that these new releases aren't going to cut the mustard.

The most succinct summing up I have read was from Slashgear on the N8:

Overall the N8 is an impressive device. Two years ago, it would have blown everything else in the market away. Today’s competitive landscape is a different story. From a hardware perspective, the N8 can hold up against most of the today’s devices. The software is a different story and while this version of the platform makes great strides in usability and functionality, there’s still much Nokia needs to do to drive the software platform forward.

That is Nokia writ large I think. In my view thay have another 6 month dev cycle to get onto par with Android and iPhone up the overal Apps - to - Phone supply chain, or this will be their swansong.

Update - Nokia has apparently made the "ballsy" statement that they are "Sorry they are not Apple". I suspect all their investors are too