Not sure about the criteria some of you guys applied when buying your iT, but as an 'old dog' consumer, I've come to realise that as long as my needs do not change, the N800 still gets the job done for me.

When I was looking at the N800, I was looking for the following:

A mobile device with decent performance for:

- email -- modest does a great job getting my mails off Gmail IMAP4, as does microB in how it handles Gmail web). The built-in client just doesn't work with Gmail's IMAP4, and it's just a matter of time before final version of modest goes into the next firmware release. Till then, it's not a deal-breaker. While it would be nice to have Exchange Activesync support, my Nokia E51 already gets the job done from that front.

- web browsing -- all the sites I frequent are displayed correctly on microB, no complaints here. Hell, I can even scroll web pages by dragging. I have Facebook, Gmail, YouTube in all its 'natural' glory, and I haven't yet come across a page that wouldn't display right. It would be nice if it would display Japanese fonts, but hey

- memory expansion -- the N800 provides 1 x microSDHC and 1 x SD -- that's more than enough for me)

- media playback -- I re-encode most of what I want to watch to a more space/processor-friendly format, and the N800 plays back my shows on the go. Canola2 is a HUGE bonus, and I can only hope for better performance and better album art support. And the N800 handles OGG as well, in case I should need it (which I don't, for now)

- VoIP and IM -- I'm usually on MSN Messenger and Pidgin gets the job done right. When the Instant Messaging Upgrade becomes more modular and gets the importing of contacts right (perhaps I'm one of the few who is just not getting the incoming contact data correctly -- see my earlier post for more details), I would be happy to use an integrated IM tool. Until then, the built-in client does a great job with Gizmo and GoogleTalk, and Pidgin handles the rest.

In a nutshell, the N800 was able to do all of the above when I bought it, and whether Nokia releases an N900 or not, it doesn't render my N800 functionally obsolete since it continues to do what I bought it for in the first place.

If anything, I would like to get my hands on an N810, just for the keyboard and built-in GPS to toy around with, but that's just for convenience, and doesn't render my N800 obsolete

As for the iPhone, I can't deal with the fact that it does not even have the ability to forward text messages, or to send to multiple recipients, and recognizing this, having a separate phone (E51) and iT device (N800) works exactly how I like it.

Bottom line is, be very clear about what you want to use your device for, and then decide for yourself if it has failed you in any way.

Those who buy the device now in the hope that functions that they need would be added later have clearly bought the wrong device, as do those who are unclear about exactly what they need the device for.