Where I stand on this whole Techie/Noob/casual user is this: This phone is freedom, and it is a challenge. I have just recently begun pursuing Linux. I want to achieve the level of knowledge that some of you have with computers. This phone/computer will give me the opportunity to push myself as far as I want to go into this realm, whereas with other devices it is simply not an option.

This notion is so appealing to me that I am willing to take a wait and see approach to whether or not some of the basic things are eventually provided for. I'm not buying the N900 for MMS or Google applications... would I like to see them on there? Hell yeah, but I am more excited to learn more about linux and see what people I admire can do with this phone (and learn something about how to do things or at least understand what they do).


The N900 is not just for techies, it is for aspiring techies, and people who simply want as much freedom as is available in the mobile handset market at the moment imho.

I know better than to whine about what it lacks (wine? ) and if it lacks something that I cannot bear to live without and I need the money or cannot wait to see it implemented or learn to implement it myself? I'll sell it.

Simple.

Ah, now if only I could get it.....