I'm inclined to agree.

I would add that putting a cell phone into an Internet Tablet changes the target market completely. Suddenly, a very niche enthusiast product becomes appealing to a mass consumer and business audience, with corresponding expectations. And a corresponding need for strong product management and marketing. My main quibble with the N900 so far is the apps seem to lack strong product management which results inconsistent function and incomplete feature sets.

In my case, I'm looking at the N900 as a business tool. One of the first things I did was install Nokia PC Suite on my laptop and hot-sync my Outlook database to the N900. Instantly, I had over 3000 contacts and a few hundred appointments, tasks and notes in the N900. But now I need an app suite that understands what it means to work with and manage over 3000 contacts and a complex schedule.

Here are some examples.
- I often want to search for a contact by typing in part of their phone number because my phone bill shows numbers not names.
- When I look up a call in the call history, I want to know the duration of the call for possible billing purposes.
- When I select a contact in the Phone App, I sometimes want to edit and save the number before dialing.
- How about complex meeting recurrence, such as 4th Tuesday of every month?
- In Outlook, I use categories to group contacts.
- In Outlook, I can click "Map" on a contact's form and Outlook launches a map showing the address.

As near as I can tell so far, the current N900 apps don't do these things, but I think they could if there was some overall product management to establish the design and integration of the various components of the suite.

Cheers!

Brad