Products that sell in the first number of days are sold on complete hype and promises. Its after the initial month that the prosyct sells itself. The iphone had one shitton of hype and marketing scheme behind it. How many n800 commercials did you see?

BaBack to the OP : why not buy'em both and tether the nokia to the iphone?
But really i'd pick the n800 over the iphone because it doesn't have to be a phone. It does everything the iphone does and more. It just isn't as pretty and the UI isn't really for the mobile industry . All mt friemds that have any kind of tech. B/g that i've shown my n800off to agree it is better than the iphone annd has a shitton of potential to become one of the best handhelds of 2007