On I side note, the confusion you (mikec) and others' are having is exactly the reason we were debating Nokias rebranding of Maemo 6 Harmattan to MeeGo/Harmattan, because where it counts, they _are_ dissimilar.

Now, why would you or I want to buy this device, well, from my perspective I want to continue supporting Nokia and they FOSS developments, even if it's being side lined. Also, it's a natural successor to the N900 which means we will have another MeeGo proper target platform with updated hardware. So even if it comes with Harmattan out-of-the-box, it's worth it to me because it'll be a great new platform to port MeeGo to.

And maybe, just maybe, Nokia will update it to a proper Nokia fully MeeGo compliant platform in the future. Otherwise it is a nice stepping stone from Maemo to MeeGo for developers to use.

I imagine now it's confirmed to be called the N950 (though I guess no one is sure yet) this naming rather than the original N9 name is because Nokia think making it sound like the N900 will stop those users that tend to jump on new and shiny to think twice after their experiences with the N900 (step 4/5).