I am totally digging my N900. I have to admit though I agree to a certain extent with the claims of a lack of polish in the UI. For a lot of basic usability it seems like a really awesome prototype. I'm sure I'll get more than my money's worth in nerding out with my N900, but I think mainstream users (the masses that iPhone has snatched up) will find glaring issues they don't understand.

For example:

http://maemo.org/community/brainstor...n_imap_server/

This is being looked at for Harmattan. As an end-user I have to say I feel like it's absurd that the email client doesn't do this properly. Hell the account setup wizard lists .Mac as a service, how long ago did Apple rebrand that?

While I love this phone and am nerd-raging all over it. It is definitely a stepping stone. Thus I couldn't recommend it to everyone, and would have to properly inform people who I might recommend it to.