I'm delighted by the N900, but did research beforehand to decide what device I wanted.

I actually don't use my "phone" to make many calls - it's mostly data - web browsing, IM, some VoIP calls, some music/internet radio, photos, gps tracking,and I'm quite experienced on linux. I also expect to be able to identify/debug/report problems but don't like to "follow the crowd". I'm also an opensource fan.

So nothing met that requirement like the n900. Both the iPhone, and IMO Nexus One are really good phones and I did seriously consider the N1, but it's just not in the same league **FOR MY USAGE**