Battery life is on the lower end, but higher than the N900 out of the box and can be tweaked a bit. One of the best looking screens - the missing hardware keyboard and true multitasking (the switching mostly) will be a feature missing from the N900. There's no lack of apps, there's a ton of stuff that's out there that is equal to, or greater than (at least in polish) to stuff out there for the N900 - Xournal is the possible exception, LOVE that app.