I will start off by saying that the N900 is my favorite mobile device I have ever owned, it has impressed me time and time again. The only thing more impressive than the device is the community behind it that made so many things possible (so clearly without the help from Nokia).

I have been lucky with my N900, I purchased it the week it was released from the Flagship store in NYC and have had absolutely no problems with it. But it will eventually break. Even if it does last forever, sooner or later I am going to need a phone to keep up with current technology.

Hence my frustration Nokia heard it's customers loud and clear - if the N950 was released to the public (and just not developers) with specs that matched its competitors (dual core processor, etc.) I would be in line waiting to buy one. But they have not, and to the best of my knowledge there is no phone (or should I say mini-computer) that comes anywhere near the N900 on the horizon.

So when my N900 does fail or I feel I need to upgrade due to lack of performance compared to other devices, where do I turn? Is there any rumors about a phone that has the N900's potential with a community backing with specs that meet it's competitors? Or will I be forced to switch to Android or God forbid... Windows Phone...