I can't stand the tone sometimes, either, but to be honest, he may be right on target this time. The fact you don't see the N900 as a mobile pocketable computer is glaring. Have you ever used Linux on a desktop, preferably Ubuntu or Mint? If you had, that perception would change. This is no smartphone. I'm considered a smartphone expert by many all over the world, and smartphones are my specialty and the center of my life, so please trust and believe me.

Android is a smartphone OS. Maemo is a desktop OS in its 4th or 5th version, and only now gracing smartphones. It could easily power a laptop with a touchscreen, with no loss in performance from your typical desktop. You may need a primer in Linux, as I got thanks to the guys here, and then you'll get it.

The N900 lets you leave the laptop in the car most of the time. Simple as that. You may love the N900, but your perception and expectations aren't fitting the N900's capabilities. Its possible to buy too much device, and you sound like a candidate.

@ bugelrex,
The Maemo OS doesn't need mainstream success. Nokia has positioned Maemo as a premium OS, with Symbian as the mainstream, and they expect the N97 and N97 Mini to outsell the N900, along with other models.

Maemo is the proving grounds for Symbian^4+ apps by way of Qt. Nokia already makes mounds of cash, and doesn't need Maemo to do so. They have services for that, since device sales will continue to slow across the board. It may create a new genre for them to lead, but no one else is in this space, so whatever marketshare Maemo gets is 100% of its market. I see Maemo and Symbian as a single solution, with one complimenting the other. Maemo was brought closer to the smartphone market to spur developers, and Linux developers outnumber iPhone and Android devs all day long. And the apps from future Maemo devices will keep Symbian's ecosystem at or near the leading position, and Nokia will surely maintain the lion's share of the smart device market when combining their two OSes.