I would say that most of us "shiny shiny" users, myself included, researched the N900 prior to purchase and understood its cutting edge nature. This was part of the reason for the purchase.

However, take another look at the maemo.nokia.com site that has been up since the launch of the N900. Its very "shiny shiny" , in fact, even "shiny shiny shiny". If Nokia marketed the product in that way and created an expectation, then we have a right and expectation to get a cuting edge and " shiny" N900.

I wait for PR 1.2