All /usr/share/doc and manpages get torched by the apt installer to save space. So even if you had the man command, the manpages themselves are missing.

Would be nice if they did a
or similar so we wouldn't lose all that useful documentation.

Being a busybox based system gets a bit annoying too, because busybox is limited compared to full GNU tools.

But of course you could blow out the Maemo OS and install *any* ARM OS you want, because it's open. Except you can't charge your battery then. That's closed.