I used to be (still am) a Maemo user and the N900 was a love and hate relationship from when I bought it back in 2009. By end of 2010, I felt that N900 couldn't do majority of the stuff that I needed/wanted my mobile phone to do which high-end Android phones could provide. (both software and hardware wise) Come end of 2011 and the supposedly-successor N9 wasn't that much better. The limitations started to outweigh a lot more than its capabilities. So I ended up getting Galaxy Note which could fulfil all the things which N900/N9 couldn't provide or was really lacking in. If Nokia makes something which can compete with it, I will consider it for sure. But for now, there is nothing that comes close.

For me, yes. N900 is non-provisioning so it can't be used for my work Exchange server emails. (this started to matter this year when I changed jobs which made me look for another mobile) It also doesn't provide the level of Korean input support (e.g. no VKB for it) so it's quite frustrating to use sometimes for me. (Nokia had the worst Korean-input support of all phone companies until they took onbboard WP7...)

Add to that, faster, more capable and more supported. N900/N9 has become a paperweight to me after I got the Note. I reckon this will happen to many here if they get one and try it themselves as it can browse web better, has longer battery life, take photos/videos better, play videos/music better, play games better, is more customizable in both UI/UX with less tinkering, has more apps/games for my kids, is a better VNC/RDP client etc etc. I've never liked Android OS that much and I'm with you on Maemo/Harmattan being awesome, but when paired with Note's amazing hardware, I realized N900 just wasn't enough anymore.

It's sad that Nokia didn't take advantage of people like us. They should have released a production version of N950 with the HW keyboard as well as N9 etc with better hardware and more investment put into it. Did you know that in Australia, N9 is already considered end of life by most telcos? Vodafone no longer sells it after 2 months and it's out of stock on most other telco's also. That just makes me upset as it seems Nokia doesn't really care much about N9/Meego/Harmattan anymore. (well, to the people that make the decisions at least)