Let's see:

• You joined the forum 3 months ago
• You don't possess an N900
• The bulk of your postings concern a protracted decision to get an N900
• You threw down an ultimatum in a public Forum to a large corporation to continue doing what you're already doing (i.e. not possessing their product)

I can appreciate that the "should I buy an N900?" question is a vexing one: The N900 is in a class by itself. It's got killer hardware, but a smaller ecosystem around it than competitors. It's got awesome potential, but Nokia's betting heavily on users to exploit it's potential by creating their own apps (thereby filling the ecosystem gap w/ competitors). And, it's also based on a very different philosophy than competing products. A philosophy that says, in part, you don't need 1 million apps in an online store because many of those would just replicate what you ought to do (and can do) in a browser on the N900.

I myself hemmed/hawed about getting one. A nail-biting experience I made worse for myself by trying to game the distribution system in order to get the earliest-possible delivery & lowest-possible price for it. [DELL @ $475, BTW]. Anyone nostalgic for those crazy days in this community can revisit my original post "Did Your N900 Ship Today?"

So hear me when I tell you:

I've been there.

It's just a phone.

You can return it if it doesn't meet your needs (or you find it cheaper elsewhere within 14 days of purchase <ahem>, <cough>, <nudge></nudge>.

But the decision to buy is yours, not Nokia's. Read the posts in this community from the VERY COMMITTED Nokia folks here. They and their colleagues are clearly working hard to execute on a distinct (and user-oriented) vision for a mobile device. They're trying to carve out a unique place in the market for that philosophy, and not occupy some 'me too' slot like LG, Samsung, HP, Motorola, etc.

You're clearly attracted to the N900 as evidenced by your presence and posts here. And I imagine your hesitation simply stems from the N900 being different. Possessing one might require moving out of your comfort zone a little (unless you're already a QT dev or NIT enthusiast).

Again, it's a phone, not a commitment for life.

So your decision really boils down to this:

Do you want to take the risk in buying it, experimenting with it for 2 weeks, and finding out if it satisfies you or not?

If it does, great. Join the club.

If it doesn't, it won't be because "Nokia betrayed me!" (a frame of mind many seem all too ready to adopt). It will be because the experiment of owning an N900 helped clarify your preferences & needs for a mobile device. That's certainly why I sold my N810 after only a few months (I wanted something more like the N900, which I dig more and more each day).

So make your decision already, and let us know how your experiment goes.