The US closure is a boon for Nokia in my opinion. They were a constant problem. Remember the N900 pre-orders? They took pre-orders for months, had months of delays without any information, then canceled all pre-orders (without informing anyone) and had everyone pre-order AGAIN a week or two before shipping. And yes, the physical stores had then in stock before pre-orders were shipped.

Overall, I'm hoping they have a plan to open a new store for the US/UK with a new partner. But even if they don't, US customers are almost better off. Better to have no support than the crap "NokiaUSA" was calling support.