I don't know if an American guy is the right person for Nokia. Don't get me wrong I don't have anything against Americans, but Nokia it a Finnish company and should act like this. Probably they didn't find an expierenced guy from Finnland - good CEOs a very seldom.
I hope they don't try to be like Apple - they should concentrate on their strength. They are building the best hardware, imo, and with Meego the have a great software-platform.