Actually, Nokia Software was awesome. It was their usability and UX that was dog awful. A lot of SW features that are around today have been around for a decade with Nokia. They had a plan, to move over to Meego, which won awards.. but was torpedoed by Elop.

Elop destroyed Nokia, they had the best distribution network and supply chains. Linking up with Elop instantly killed that and destroyed any goodwill they had with operators and carriers who would have continued to back Nokia. Unfortunately carriers are anti-Microsoft...