Wow I'm quite surprised by the response this is getting. Yeah, why not make the N900 harder to use, its not like it isn't already the phone with the steepest learning curve available. Improve the OS, make the phone easier to use (without removing functionality) and maybe we'll get a good community following and finally attract some developer attention. I'm quite unsatisfied with the phone so far. There's only so much a college student needs to use SSH and VNC, and jumping through hoops to get applications working gets old fast. The N900 has ridiculous amounts of potential (see the boring yet beautiful game Bounce, or the plethora of features the phone has) and it is so so so sad to see it go to waste.