Dunno, N900 is as easy to use as a toaster also if you don't tell the user about the other repo's and xterminal commands. But once you want to customize the N900, it is much more complicated than Android. Maybe some prefer this unnecessary challenge? I do understand the freedom that N900 gives the dev users. But it was never a device for general consumers really...

Nokia N9 on the other hand, while having very similar roots to fremantle has a UI which is way too simplified. Heck it's simpler than the iPhone with less features and is more restrictive on what you can hack. N9 might not need jailbreaking per-se but in a way, it actually does. (Aegis... I don't think there is an "open" kernel for N9 yet...)

So yeah, N900 is the last of the "special" breed of open linux phone from Nokia (or from anyone else) from what I can see. I hate this fact as much as anyone here as I've loved the N900 as much as anyone here for nearly 2 years even with its shortfalls.

I guess I always wanted a toy / computer in my pocket that could do everything. N900 was darn close to perfect when it was released. But it did lack in a lot of areas. I was hoping Nokia will make a revised/improved successor. But they didn't. So I had no choice but to find an alternative device which could fulfil my everyday needs right now.... Still can't say I'm now a converted Android fan that's for sure as don't like how it multi-tasks. (or how it doesn't!!) But life is all about compromise it seems.