Then it's close to crap. I'd much rather buy a Viliv S5 or UMID M1 as a pocketable computer. They've got much faster processors, much more internal memory, internal hard drives, better input and output options, and I can run Karmic Koala and all its apps without any worries about recompilations.

For better or worse, what makes the N900 appealing is that it's a smartphone that can accomplish some computer tasks. So are the various Android based phones. It allows one to move from a phone plus a UMPC to a single device assuming you don't need to do much computing while walking about. I'd take it to Starbucks instead of my OQO. However, if I'm going to be marking up documents in a meeting I'd still want my real pocketable computer.