As far as I know, he's no longer a council member.

And besides, even if he was, council members are not Nokia employees, they may know a thing or two that general public doesn't, but it still on rumor-level only.

As for N900 competing with Desire - well, I think it comes down to personal preference. Desire is a great device. Also remember its newer. But I think the N900 is still the best browsing device out there.

Finally - you don't really have to compare the two. Would you feel better if Desire was worse? Your own browsing experience wouldn't improve if it was the case. The only thing important is how you feel about the browsing capabilities of your own device. I *want* new devices to be better than the once we have. I want the technology to constantly push forward. And as for the N900 browsing - it rocks.

But hey, if you really want to compare, try typing this link in Desire's browser:

javascript:var%20e=document.createElement('script' );e.setAttribute('language','javascript');e.setAtt ribute('src','http://bit.ly/bookmarklet/load.js');document.body.appendChild(e);void(0);

You'll get one big nothing. Run it while viewing any page in MicroB and get a nice bit.ly sidebar! (seriously, you can copy this into your browser, add it to bookmarks and have a nice way to shorten links and tweet them straight from your MicroB)

Why is this possible on MicroB and not on any Android browser? Because MicroB is a true, desktop grade browser. So, still thinking Desire is better?

And I say - it should get better. Then Nokia should get better. Then Android. Then Nokia. And on and on