Well, a couple of months in, I've seen exactly what I figured would happen. The surge of N800 development is nowhere near what it was for the 770, the 770 is all but neglected, and both tablets have never achieved the greatness that the 770 did in the ensuing months after it's launch.

Everything seems half-assed though there are exceptions. Canola was done by people who 'got it'. It was polished, not left at the command line because that was 'good enough'. I realize everything's voluntary and some of the issues are the nature of the beast when dealing with OSS, but there's got to be someone who's anal retentive enough to take the UI and hildonize it even if the original author has run out of steam or has to address other commitments.