Listen to Twit episode #241 around 22:48 to find out what Leo Laporte says about the N900 as compared to the iPhone and Nexus One. Keep in mind, he has PAID for all of these devices before he reviews them.

He also has a separate podcast on Open Source so he understands it as well.

He has his own opinions, but unlike ANY OF US, is paying for ALL of these devices to have the platform to speak about them without being in anybody's pocket.

Also, I am probably going to buy my first ever Apple product in the next few weeks. (In the past, I have been strictly a Windows user and have had 5 different PCs). It will be an iPad. I am also going to convert on of the PCs to Ubuntu next month once the latest version comes out.

My point is, I had the same passion that most of you have about Maemo but mine was about Palm. Palm is dead and there is something better for the majority of the tasks which is Maemo 2008.

I will also be keeping and continuing to use my N810 as well as my Android phone as they serve different functions for me. The only reason I ever got my N810 was because I got it on Ebay for $150. I would NEVER pay $500 plus for the N900 as a phone simply because it is SIM based and I am a Sprint user.

Finally, I have learned to finally go with what works as opposed to what I hope will work after they get my money. I learned this in media software, PC hardware and others.

So before you give me the line about the iPad missing Flash, I can only say one thing; HTML5 and H.264. Twelve months from now, Flash video won't be an issue. Why, because the Pros use Mac based products (QT) to create content. The major players in content creation have already started to go back and re-encode their content (if necessary) to H.264 mpeg-4.

Sorry, but this is my opinion and I for one am sick of hobbling along with tech gear I pay good money for but can't get it to work and as a consequence, spend the majority of my time having to find work arounds for all of this shi*!

I expect one of two things will happen with this post:

1 no one will respond

2 it will start a flame war

We'll see!