At the end of the day it is a trade off.

Capacitance-type screens are very responsive and also can have a "solid" glass screen. Unfortunately cannot use a stylus and lose a bit of accuracy.

Resistance-type screens are not as responsive as a capacitance screen but you can use a stylus (fingernail,di1do whatever) and more accuracy. The screen must have some flexibility

Choose the right tool for the right job.

Resistance-type screens are ideal when use of the device is flexible.
Capacitance-type screens are more suited to a device within a well-defined use.

I think using a capacitance screen makes perfect sense for something like the iPhone and a resistance screen is used with n900.

iPhones are more entertainment devices where Maemo-based devices are more practical-type of device. Hence the touch screen technologies chosen for these devices make sense.

If that is the case then the next Maemo-based phone maybe leaning towards entertainment use.

Nokia seems to be suffering from iPhone "penis envy" and not actually considering how the next Maemo-based device is going to be used.