All I can say is that N900 exceeded my expectations when I got it. Unlike the original poster who doesn't even have the phone.

It is so good I even dumped my iPod touch to a bottom drawer that I originally had no intention of obsoleting, but I did. After a day.

The browser is divine. Performance flawless. YouTube, just like on desktop. Perfect.

My impressions can be found starting here:

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=34678&page=21

And unlike the crippled Apple offerings, this one actually multitasks. And does it well.