The Nokia brand here in the States has gone from lukewarm to cold. Lukewarm when they were releasing flip phones on Verizon and AT&T, cold now that the only Nokia phone worth mentioning was the Astound on T-Mobile (basically, the C7). Other than that, people have to go the completely unorthodox route of NOT buying a phone from a carrier, and I know NO ONE that does that. Buying a phone from Amazon? For $499?! And then you go on the same monthly plan as my friend who got a Samsung Galaxy S2 and paid peanuts for it?! Why would you do that? Well the answer is because once you hold a Nokia in front of your face (like my E7) you realise why it's so important to you to be different and not a sheep. Or worse, an iSheep 
But Nokia's past is written. And Nokia's future looks bright here. Microsoft is chucking $30 million at Nokia for a six-month marketing blitz for their new Nokia WP7 phones. In a few months, I hope to sitting on the NY subway opposite not an iPhone or a SGS2, but a Nokia. And not some 1998 flip phone, but a snazzy, gorgeous Nokia, crafted by skilled designers who care about form factor, and running either Symbian Belle or "C" or the awesome-looking Mango from Microsoft.
Things may have been terrible here for Nokia, but things are looking up. I for one, can't wait! 
