No need to be so nasty whenever "iPhone" is mentioned.
Nokia has a lot to learn from "iPhone" and Apple if they want to continue to be a leader.

Also, N900 isn't Nokia's 1st gen phone imo.

They've had plenty of experience. (previous OS2006-2008 also) Hence they did an overhaul for Maemo5 and will again for Maemo 6. Just coz it's the 1st phone with Maemo5 (an most likely the LAST), it shouldn't be just work-in-progress or some half-arsed phone when released. (I'm not saying that N900 is "that" bad but it not too far from the truth either) If that was the case with iphone, it wouldn't have taken off as well as it did. They just knew what the general public wanted.

N900 is for the geeks / developers. Period. Yes, it's not too difficult to use, but my wife reckons it's too confusing still. Same for my mum, dad and my non-IT friends. It's just not as "simple" as the iphone or even Symbian phones. Hopefully Maemo6 will cater for both. (well, personally, I don't care if it doesn't cater for everyone. I prefer it more geeky. Geekier, the better. )

back on topic,

I would love for Nokia to share a bit more with us. Without us here, they are not going to succeed in making a better maemo phone. (Right now, we are like an extra 100000 workers for Nokia basically... ) We want it better as much as Nokia wants it better. So share some inside info, release nightly builds of new firmware etc. (we do for our apps, why can't firmwares be released like this also? Just put some big RED warning and a disclaimer. Easy.)