I read these forums a lot but don't often have reason to post. I am a user with no development experience and till now had never used any Linux/Maemo devices.

Here are my N900 pro's and cons:

Pro's:
1- Multitasking. I've never seen a phone that can beat it.

2- Memory. I torrent a lot so 'nuf said

3- Hardware keyboard. Sorry, can't beat getting your hands on something real lol

4- Browser. It jut owns any other mobile browser i have ever used although i like the safari based ones also.

5- Text messages turned into trackable convos

Cons:
1- Apps/devel. Slow at all levels. Nokia let us down here although I understand the whole community development thing. I worry that this will be a one off abandoned format.

2- Simple things. eg: Choose separate ring tones for each contact. No decent portrait mode(I know they told us this b4 launch ) but...

3- Nokia/Ovi maps has no voice guidance. My N97 was far better for sat nav

4- MMS??? say no more

All in all I've had a bunch of phones and many did some of what i needed. This N900 does it all for me, email and browsing for work are perfect and some other stuff is a bit clumsy like the phone interface. The N900 is still the best phone i have had since my first Nokia Mobira.

I did not always choose Nokia but over all I preferred them.

On a side note - I can't believe there is no Gfire type app for us. I use xfire a lot and it's the only reason i would consider an Iphone or android.