@jn183: I think it's just as practical. The N900 could never multitask like the N9- one fourth the ram insures that. Even so, there are a lot of people that use the task switching screen to keep the most used applications open and ready to use. I love the press once for open apps, press two for app catalog arrangement of maemo. In my opinion all those high falutin' multitask paradigms of the other platforms pale in comparison when it comes to usability. I too leave apps open in the background routinely on the N900, and it will be even easier on the N9.I already imagine that I will leave stuff like the dialer and SMS/ IM open and notes open in the background all the time in routine usage. Now, as to the dumbing down of the OS: Don't confuse the UI with the OS. Yes, the UI is closed, and yes, maemo 6/ harmattan is more closed that fremantle. Honestly, I'd rather have full meego with a open or semi open skin on it. But it is probably the most open OS on the market, especially now that webOS has bitten the dust. If we don't like the UI, somebody with more talent than me could probably write an open alternative. You can't do that on the iphone. Nor can you run daemons on the background, enable dev mode with the press of a button, set up a chroot, change the kernel to one without DRM shite etc etc. The fact that it can do that stuff AND appear to be friendly to non-linux-users is a triumph. A second take on the N900, as much as a lot of us would love it, would tank even harder, when it comes to sales, than the current one.