I agree. The N900 is a more sophisticated device, with way more potential. But for most mainstream consumers, WebOS is a much more slick, easy to approach, integrated platform, similar to the iPhone. People don't always want the most sophisticated thing. They want the few things that they do, presented to them in a simple, easy to grasp, aesthetically pleasing fashion. And they don't want to be bothered with other choices that they don't care about.

I think a mistake people often make when thinking about what makes a device succeed in the market is that they assume the technically most sophisticated device is the best and therefore should sell the best. But people want things that are straightforward, not too complicated, and unthreatening. In fact, they confuse the eye-candy slickness of something like the iPhone with technical sophistication.