So it is not a bad write up - They hit on the complaints we all have but do not inject the simple responses we have come to know and love to the negatives. My fanboy oriented response was:

COST:
TMO now has a sim only rate plan which effectively offers a 350$ subsidy over 2 years. The difference is you pay up front, and save over the long term. AND Amazon has it listed at 559, and dell.com fro 520. Looking at this math, it is not so bad... and compared to an ATT or Verizon rate... the phone is almost free.

Portrait Mode & MMS:
I am confident both these issues will cease to be problems after a firmware update or 2.

Ovi store: This is a more difficult one... in no way does the catalog of stand alone apps, or plugins match that which is offered by android or iphone. And there is nothing we can say other than give it time, it will come.

One thing I like to mention is the close integration that plug ins offer and high level of control over the apps, this is pretty unique to maemo.