It has been made pretty clear that Maemos future will be in phones, but like you i don't get many of Nokias decisions if N900 is not a phone. N97 would still be different product because of s60. S60 is safe buy for many while N900 might look weird for many traditional Nokia buyers. I got pretty good feeling that Maemo will look great reading comments from here and from mobile-reviews Eldar and that might be it's strong point, but we will see