When the n900 made by big corp Nokia was 1st for sale it was comparable in price to what a very small determined group and a much smaller company is now creating in the neo900...so there it is.
If you want a corps. desires you get a cheap device...
If you want a better device...the only thing on the table at all IMHO is either the neo900...or the pyra....both being work involving Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller.
Good luck to you if you go down the Android/M$/BB?/Icrap path....
I couldn't ...gives me acid reflux and I keep wanting to hurl up on whatever device I'm holding....my body is intent on rebelling against going with the pack...erm...school....um.....herd....that's it! herd! baaa!! baa!
Naw my sheep impersonation sucks ...I would make a really terrible sheep. Sigh. So for me there is no question about being content with being force fed some corp. idea of what I should have.