How does it achieve that? I'm genuinely curious. What are its strong points?

I don't like Android much. The N900 still functions well and I love it, but 1GB of RAM is much needed. Meego seems the best upgrade right now, but I don't want to buy an abandoned phone. Not again.

So to go back to my original question: how does Note/Android beat N950/Meego?

I've been searching comparisons for days now. I can only find reviews of meach model, but a side by side comparison is much better.

And specs mean nothing. A dual core CPU is useless if not needed. People always think bigger is better. But it might be massive overkill too.

Just think about this: a 1300cc Suzuki Hayabusa will leave an 8400 cc Dodge Viper in the dust. Bigger is NOT always better.. You have to keep the use cases in mind.