To be honest, while I love my N800 and N810, both running OS2008, and use them constantly, I would have to agree with a review (I've not read the one in the OP, yet, though I have the tab open) that blasts Maemo/OS2008 from a consumer standpoint.

It's simply not there yet. Granted, OS2008 is ALOT closer than any of the previous OS, which I've used, but it's still simply not consumer-level yet. Like it or lump it, when Nokia threw that "N" on the front of the tablet, it welcomed people looking at the Internet Tablets from a consumer standpoint.