Ah, some refreshing rant.
Yes, I too could blast away my internal frustrations with this tablet, but at some point one must ask themselves where is the real stuggle? hmmm
Ya its the tablet.

When I was shopping for just an mp3 player, I pondered what the point was of spending $300+ for a one trick pony that just played about 256mb of music out of the box. So with phone company promos I ended up with the so-called mighty Treo650, which was really priced about $700. After a time with that chicklet screen and tragically limited OS, I discovered a saving grace thanks to Zlauncher and their contribution that pulled the old OS up off the ground for a while longer and bridged memory card access issues as well. How many generations of Palm was that?..and still it was wrought with lots of end user problems.
My point being that while I can agree with the elements of frustration, I would say this IT (N800) is a heck of a device for its price notably compared to my Treo650 at close to double or a locked up iPhone or the much storied Blackberry which does what really?, for far too much money.

So before I sound like a cheerleader, I certainly have really cursed in newbie angst at the various glitches and instability of the N800 I have seen.
Yet here I am, immediately surfing into Maemo digging for the latest, and fishing out even the Beta's in the enthusiasm to look ahead. Personalizing to my own.
I want the leading edge with a good growth curve, NOT the Blackberry/iPhone prepackaged locked in a can no third party apps, here have a calendar/calculator kind of product.
When I think of what I have seen in growth and developments in just under a year here, I sit back with a little more 'Patience' and welcome the next progressions.
That said, N810 was definitely not where I thought things would go next.
Now I am shopping for dual 16g sdhc's for my N800, and trying to be clear with myself as to "my" prime points of usage.

So to all those suffering great cynism, go buy another piggish vulnerable Microsoft product and arm load of WM5/6 programs for $60+ each, to do the basics that Palm was doing years ago for close to free.

My father always said: "Progress not Perfection".