The arguments being made for the N900/Maemo are very poor in my opinion.

I don't think anyone is going to be able to name a feature that is needed in a mobile device that the iPhone lacks that the N900 possess.

iPhone 3GS vs N900, I would choose the N900 - but it's still 50/50 simply due to the amount of third party applications and products.

iPhone 4S (jailbroken) - No contents winner. It can do every single [practical] thing an N900 can do, only much faster and in a much more practical fashion. There is no debate.

If you want to bring up the lack of a psychical keyboard, go out and buy the case with one in it. However I adapted to the touch screen keyboard in less than a week and I am now much more proficient with it than I am was with the N900's keyboard.

The argument can be made about resistive vs. captive touch screens. How many N900 applications really use that technology in a practical way?

Can I obtain a terminal from my iPhone from my iPhone, yes. I can. Does it do me much good? Not really. Do I have full access over my file directory? Yes, using iFile (jailbreak app). Once again does it do me much good, no.

Going through my N900 - which has been loaded with basically every application that was worth having, the iPhone dominates it in every single category. Social networking/social media, navigation, translation, dictionary, voice control, graphic and movie editing (on the device), educational and mathematical tools, internet browsing (there is Chrome on iOS now), etc.

I can't control my regular TV using IR, however I can control my Google TV with the Google TV app. but lets be practical, who ever really used the N900's IR?

The iPhone simple gets things done. Banking, social networking, photo sharing, handling multimedia, etc.

In my personal opinion the OS is outdated, widgets can be added to the home screen using a jailbreak tweak, however I don't really care to do it.

The N900 is a hackers/tinkers delight, however I challenge anyone to make the argument that it is more practical than an iPhone 4S. I have owned an N900 for a very long time and I love the N900, but there is no debate to be had - it can do anything the N900 can do, only around five times as fast and more efficiently.

It does lack soul. I will not debate that for a second. It is not open, no one is going to even try to debate that. But you cannot be serious when you say, "The N900 is more practical" or "I can do more with the N900" - because that is simply just not true anymore. I would love to hear someone challenge this.