I ordered an N900 and to my knowledge the HD2 is not a "lesser" phone. I think the N900 and the HTC HD2 are probably the two top smartphones to own today or whenever they are released.

Maybe the HD2 is better than the N900 in ways such as Portrait mode since it can do almost everything in that mode whereas the N900 is still landscape. Yes we are hoping that some of the "fixes" Nokia is supposedly doing is creating more Portrait orientation on the phone so we are able to use it with one hand sometimes.

And I understand the thread creator's frustration. Why Peter and his team are being soo shallow with their communication when they know they have a bunch of upset people who pre-ordered this phone and when there is a delay, show appreciation to your consumers and give us hopeful info and accurate deadlines.