I've read this thread and have some input;

I don't know Linux or Unix. I work mainly within a Windows environment, which I am proficient at. I thought it was a risk to take on a phone that runs on Linux premise, but none the less took the jump and got the N900. This first week has been a baptism of fire. Initial thoughts were that I didn't like the limitations of the device in terms of Sat-Nav and no MMS support (which has been fixed by this fine community), but through research and generally browsing the forums / downloads I have done a total 180degree flip on my opinion of the N900.

I love it.

I have seen too many people whining about lack of applications / support from Nokia. I have to ask myself what level of ignorance these people actually bought the phone with...? It's Linux based. Open Source. Do you really think Nokia are going to spend their professionals time and money to develop applications for an open source code? Do they even understand the concept of open source...? Or were they simply looking for a phone with internet....?

Previously I had an N95-2 (8Gb). I loved that phone too. Until I got this one. Primarily it was a device for my music - internet as well, with phoning people being secondary tasks. It took me 2 1/4 hours to copy my 2 continuous days worth of music from the N95 to my PC via USB. It then took me a further 1 1/2 hours to successfully delete the music and folder structure from the phone itself. I then plugged in the N900 and teracopied the entire music directory from the PC to phone in approximately 4 minutes.

I got no complaints. I love this phone. So much I have just sent my N95-2 to a recycling website. Got 120 notes for it too. I had forgotten how massively, frustratingly slow it was.

I'm now used to the lightning N900. I'm certainly not used to the OS or Xterminal or Linux command strings, but in time I'll learn. Thats what people need to do. Accept the phone for being a cutting edge piece of tech and learn about it. Nokia owes you nothing. Knowledge is free. Google is your best friend (oh, and apparently Maemo.org fits in that category too)

So.

First post.

Hope I didn't speak out of turn?!

Oh yeh, sorry, that was off-topic. Looking forward to the next firmware!!!