I am baffled when people say 'n900 is not for ordinary users'. I make my devices work hard (I have literally worn out the buttons on my n95, and killed another phone completely since then) but I am no code specialist.

I knew getting a device this open would mean it came with a visible terminal. I also knew that I wouldn't have to use that if I didn't want to. Every device I have can do things I don't use - I buy them because they can do what I do want them to. In practice, I have done a few things in there - and feel suitably chuffed with myself for the (albeit slow) learning.

But just using the GUI is fine for me. I knew there were odd things missing - MMS doesn't bother me and the amount of use I make of GPS meant it was low priority. The email, browser, media (once I got the hang of playlists!) and contacts interface are better than any I've used before. The customisation is excellent - I can make it look like *my* device (Teddy bears!) The availability of additions such as games, book reader, utilities etc from here (and less so from ovi) mean that the device already takes up more of my life than it should.

There are things I'd like to see - several of them are still in development and I'm not yet enough of a 'power user' to be confident in testing several apps at once.

So although I accept I'm probably not using the device to its full potential, I don't see why that means it's the wrong device for me.