Yep.

There are many items in this world sold at fair prices I won't pay. The rumored prices for the N900, if true, place it in those ranks. This doesn't mean the prices are unreasonable, it means I don't value the items enough to pay the price.

I don't value mobile phones. I have one now, as ~$42 US per year seemed worthwhile, but in a year, I probably make less than ten minutes of calls and pull up three or four Amazon pages via tethering to check prices while running errands.

T-Mobile does not have any plans competitive with what I have now. With them I would gain EDGE data speeds, but for a few price lookups per year, paying many times more money doesn't seem worth it. I'm not jumping at the opportunity to be their customer.

For me, the N900's only value is as a faster Internet Tablet, hopefully with Bluetooth DUN client capabilities eventually. I do want it for that. Very much. I'll wait until the price drops to the same "a little below $400" I paid for my N800 and N810 though.