Hi , xxxts, I decided to write a reply because I think it was you that had written a quite entertaining description about the why's and how's of your early N900 ownership.
Did you re-read it lately?

The N900 has mostly gotten better in time.

There is no use for informing people here about iPhone progress as long as it still has that button for multitasking.
to me the N900 beats the iPhone regarding general ergonomics.

The thickness, the kickstand, the keyboard, the OS interface..

To me it was the likewise device that made sense after 5 minutes of use.
And it keeps getting better day by day. Today iPad3 owners feel had because apple released an update after 6 months. No such danger to N900 users. The influence of the N9 will finally wear off and community support for the N900 continues well so far (knock on wood)

We also received a free iPad 3G , so I had some time checking jailbroken iOS 4.
I could not find any mature task manager that would make it behave like an oversized N900

The only application I really admired need from iOS is Firewall IP.
It is a pro-active application based firewall that is similar to Little Snitch. These kind of applications seem to be seriously lacking on Linux (all likewise projects seem to be abandoned or have never reached mature status)

However all family members agree that the iDevice finally serves best as dictionary / encyclopedy and occasional gaming machine.

The iPad replaces the many heavy and dusty paper books and makes looking up much faster.

In general, N900 is a low stress, reliable device to me that feels like you are working on your (90's) desktop.

The whole iPhone concept, a combination of appshops, updating jailbreaks and capacitive touch screen can cause a lot of unnecessary hassle and stress to keep up with.

Below: I've noted people put some HTML 5 benches earlier in this thread so I added the one from my N900.

Greetings



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