Apple have played to their strengths and reaped deserved rewards for doing so. Their devices 'just work', and are packaged with careful attention to 'style'. They are fashionable, sleek and useful to many people. Yet, in many respects, they are a toy. Toys have great value in society, but they don't always make value.

The N900 is the latest step in bringing the power and utility of computers into tighter integration with our lives. Where you used to have to go sit down at a terminal, you can now perform the same tasks concurrently with your life. It is an ever-present link to the networked world.