Oh I was never questioning the openness of the n8x0 line.
I completely agree with you.
and also completely agree with you concerning the untapped aspects of the device line. One day perhaps...one day...

I was just mashing up my writing on the topic considering all the different parties speaking on devices...

I have come to the conclusion myself that either the neo or at worst the pyra (not convenient as a phone ...but would suffice...just...)
A maemo running modern device still runs into the issue of support... software... wise ... and that means we are still pretty much stuck where we are.

So a pure debian smartphone makes the greatest common sense...
especially for longevity of the platform.
I am tired of all the :almost open but not quite` platforms... that fail..... all for the same reasons...