My thought on the whole Meltemi thing is the following:

Sum up all the "facts" and rumors:

• new Lightweight Linux with Qt and Swipe to replace S40
• N9 spec-wise being from 2009, every other high-end mobile out there has much higher specs
• Even features from earlier Nokia high-ends, such as FMTX, USB-OTG and the superb N8 camera are missing
• BUT: many social features already included out-of-the-box, without the need to download further apps, so a casual user should be perfectly happy
• The new Qt API mapping tool, which shows you the equivalents of iOS, Android and soon WinPhone API calls in Qt

That leaves us with an easy-to-use, nicely designed and built phone, which appeals to casual users, which don't know anything about rooting, jailbreaking, etc. and also don't want to know about, because they aren't much into mobile technology.

I think, we already should see the N9 not as the last MeeGo phone from Nokia, but very well as the first phone for the next billion.