My take is that the N800 should do what it does well, or not at all.

It does browsing well, RSS feeds are OK (but seriously buggy), audio is OK, but video and Flash are definately sub-par and so come in for the most criticism. And lets not even mention the Email application.

Nokia have a choice - improve video and Flash to compete with the likes of Archos etc. (not exactly difficult given the hardware available in the N800) or drop these functions entirely (yes, I'm serious!) Offering sub-standard implementations is only going to draw more criticism from reviewers than if they weren't offered at all.