You can't walk into a store and buy an IT for $200. They are still $399 and $479. Its unfortunate (At least in the United States).

If I had to choose between the IT and an iPhone when I was shopping for a family member or a good friend. I couldn't in my right mind gift an N800. I'd be asked for a gift receipt to return it within 24 hours.

Its a toy for technically savvy people. Its nothing beyond that (unless something drastic happens to the platform).

I am interested in Internet Tablets because I'm a gadget freak. Nobody asks me how much and where I can get an IT. They just say, "Oh man, I can't wait to get myself an iPhone".

It has poor app support, codec support and performance issues.

Edit:

Sure it has divx, but if its full rez it drops frames, has tearing and kills the battery.

Sure it has apps like ScummVM but it can't even go full screen.

Sure it has a mozilla browser and flash support, but it loads so slowly.

Sure it has email, but it barely functions with IMAP servers (and gmail).

Sure it has music playback, but it only works with drag and drop directories.

Sure it has Skype, but it doesn't support the BUILT IN front-facing camera (Lol).

Sure its got a nice screen, but it has terrible tearing and no hardware acceleration.

Tell me one thing it does very well? Nothing It gets by on the web, thats about it.

Sure it can remote into a server via the terminal, but what the hell does the whole world need that for?

I'm not down on it, I just can't understand how anyone thinks its better than an iPhone. Its really quite obvious if you look at it objectively.

Music and Video - iPhone
Email - iPhone
You Tube - iPhone
Mapping - iPhone (debatable if you can actually figure out Maemo Mapper)
Photo Viewing - iPhone
Web Browser - N800... only because of flash support. Navigation and rendering is superior on the iPhone.

If you load a 1024 wide page on the N800, you're scrolling horizontally since the reformatting screws most CSS heavy sites.

The iPhone presents the page in its entirety and you tap what you want to read.

Unfortunately, it is hard to compare the navigation objectively since its mostly a preference thing. But I've found that its more widely accepted, having shared both devices with friends and college students alike.

One is mass market, and one is nerd market. (I'm happy to be a part of the nerd one, I just know a better product when I see one)