Let's look at the original post again ; "N900 is horrible" - Firstly, let's be positive, at least he didn't use the word "sucks"...

Seriously there are two seperate issues raising their heads here.
1) The fact that the N900 is a supposed "mobile computer" with phone functions, which is why it doesn't do MMS, portrait mode, and so on. Understandable. The rest of the quotes "step 4 out of 5" and "It's Maemo/Linux so don't buy it unless you're ubergeeky" seem to bolt themselves onto that fact. I have read, studied and researched the N900 since early October, and have no problem with any "missing features" since they can be added either through 3rd party software or through Nokia themselves.

2) The second issue (and the one which is making my next "phone" purchase more difficult) are the increasing number of bugs being reported - not small, hard to detect bugs, but major eight-legged fanged flying bugs. Bluetooth, microphone, messaging, rebooting, random calls and contacts disappearing. All reported on this forum.

Yes, those bugs will be tracked down and fixed, but I for one will now wait until I see improvements. Big deal? Maybe. But i'm going to have another look at a Hero, and that could be Nokia's loss. Rightly some of you have said "Do research before you buy a phone". Well, this is research, and it's making me doubt. Those people who don't do research and spend €500 - €600 on their N900s will likely be disappointed.

I don't think the N900 is horrible - but reports of people sending them back after a matter of days for a refund just shows how impatient people can be - but it does make you wonder who the N900 is supposed to target? Some people here insist that it is not a smartphone, due to having only basic phone features and therefore not going for the iphone/hero/palm pre market. Others don't see it competing with the internet tablet/netbook market due to the relatively small screen and small keyboard.

I had a brief play with a N900 in Helsinki, but have mostly used YouTube and this forum for my questions regarding the N900 - maybe I need to try one out again to convince me.