It's true, but You've forgotten to mention, that it breaks warranty - no matter if You're gonna get issue with USB port or screen, it's void, cause You've flashed custom kernel. Which, of course, was not the case in N900.

It seems, that Nokians found solution to sell 500-600$ phone without warranty. And, the funniest thing, is that they actually find many idi... unwise people, agreeing on this

/Estel