Nice selective quote... especially the part that states that I can too... and have. You're not the average consumer. Neither am I.

Regardless. If more customers were savvy, then the NITs would be more of a - and I know this will bring the ire of this entire board - commercial success. With no programs to support it, this is a bad shot in the dark.

No popular program support for what people already either use or would like to replace; then this will be relegated to the OpenMoko status of "neat phone... cool OS... for geeks only".

Much like the NIT, sans first blurp. And yes. I'm a geek that loves his NIT. Yet there is no way possible I'm the only person that sees the folly in Maemo as a phone. Not now, not without one single compelling piece of software that will replace what I have now.

Heck, the Palm Pre has more buzz and potential support than this whole platform.

Meh. I'll hush now. This flops, I'll remain reticent. This succeeds, I'll eat my words. But from what I know from having two NITs and looking forward to a newer one... this platform cannot even be wished into being ready for mainstream yet.