I suspect that the N800 platform is going to be squeezed out by netbooks on one end, and smart phones (iPhone/Android) on the other. It may retain some market share as a swiss army knife (aka Linux) for the tech elite, but not for the regular gadgetter let alone end user (student, business person).

Pocketability: I suspect that this advantage (size) is overrated. I do not transport it in my pocket, I throw it in a backpack /suitcase /briefcase. Weight does matter, but now that the netbooks are approaching 2 lbs, I willing to trade the weight for the usability. (And I understand the other tradeoffs with weight: power supply weight, battery life).

Software: Kudos for everyone who's ever contributed, but in the end, the software for the tablet never really came together well. Its a shame to think my Palm PDA works better and easier, out of the box, than the Maemo does, for things like PDA functions, handling Office documents, etc. etc.

In the end, I think Nokia should have concentrated it on making it a decent PDA, a decent GPS (ie: 810), media player, (pick your basic function here), and then really pumped up third parties (not just open source) to write other apps. Sort of like what Palm 8 years ago, what Apple is doing now. It worked!

My 2cents.