I assume you are not taking into account that the iPhone browser is a much lighter type of browser, incapable of rendering many web pages. So, you are not comparing apples to apples. Also, remember that the N900 keeps both applications fully running for you. That way, if you want to back to your music player for some reason your browser continues to work, it doesn't close. In the iPhone if you go back to the music app the browser has to be restarted. So, so I wouldn't say that the N900 and the iPhone play music and browse the web at the same level, the N900 is better.