What really concerned me with Ari's remarks are his definition of a computer:

"A computer of 2009 -- not 1999
When I talk about a computer, I talk about a computer people use today, especially young people. Think about the internet, messaging, sharing, openness, and think about browsers and players. Don't think about spreadsheets, word processors, file managers, or closed systems. That should put you in the right ballpark to start with."

To me computers are the things that deal with speadsheet, documents, file management, etc. Something that just does internet, messaging, media is more of a toy or a PDA, or smartphone, not a computer.

This is one of the major reasons I decided to buy an N900 after all. With Maemo 6 being for a capacitive screened device, I feel even more strongly that Nokia is moving away from a portable computer and towards a smartphone type device. After reading day after day about basing purchasing decisions on what's available, not what may be available, I decided to do just that.

I think the real danger here is that Maemo may end up being a mobile computer trapped in a smartphone body.