While I agree that several of the OP issues are either "by design" or "personal experience" it isn't a bad list. Once 1.2 is out, we should strike out the resolved items. Here are my comments

- general - number the list from the top, not i, ii per each subheading, for easy comments Also, since this is for NEW purchases we should be assuming FW 1.1 at least, old issues resolved since then need not be rehashed here.

Hardware
i) the screen is resistive, all resistive screens scratch, so this is not an issue of the 900. The takeaway here is "use a screen protector on any device with a resistive screen." In MY experience, from a long history of HTC/WinMo Resistive screen devices, if anything the n900 is LESS susceptible to scratching. Still, I have a protector on mine.

ii) yep this was true and was supposed to be fixed in future runs. I have an early run device, and *with care* still have a fully functional usb port.

iii) preference, not an Issue. Suggest striking.

Battery

battery lasts as expected. Non issue.

Interface/OS

i) addressed LONG ago, strike
ii) user dependent, strike
iii) by design, not an issue, strike
iv) hard to quantify - it's not an "issue" as in something that prevents you from accomplishing a task or function. Maybe we could have "annoyance" for this kind of thing?
v) same as iv
vi) same as v
vii) same as vi
viii) same as vii (ie, "performance" annoyances are subjective, and possible on any device from iPhone to Palm WebOS to Android to Maemo)

ix) by design, not an issue. File under "annoyance" or "things we wish it did, but doesn't do"?

Maps/Nav

Annoyance not issue. There are plenty of platforms where you have to buy turn by turn nav. This is one.

Ovi Store

Yep. Check back after 1.2

Media Player
i) dependent on encoding used on media, annoyance not issue
ii) apparently this depends on the id3 tag format used on your media.
iii) yep
iv) yep
v) annoyance
vi) annoyance (sorry, its not an iPhone, and Apple does NOT allow 3rd parties to play with iTunes. Sucks. Buy an iPhone)
vii) annoyance
viii) you have a few of these in here, and I'm not sure they belong. Maybe a third section "things some people sometime may have had happen"?
ix) yep

Email
i) yep
ii) hemmm... not sure about this. MfE (which is what you would use if you have exchange) has no delay. The FREE, BETA Nokia Messaging doesn't have a SLA. If you use iMAP or POP, you can decide to burn as much battery as you like to get messages every 1, 5, 10, etc minutes. Annoyance at best.

Phone
i) sure, but its an annoyance or feature you want not one that is promised but not working
ii) this is True, and one hopes Will Be Added but again, like (i) is NOT a promised feature that isn't working...
iii) see ii
iv) "pretty poor" - annoyance
v) goes under "stuff that may have happened to someone somewhere"
vi) see v
vii) annoyance since it is working as designed
viii) annoyance
ix) YES actual issue
x) annoyance since MMS is not a feature that is supposed to be supplied

Special Issues
i) not sure why, I get calls just fine. Can you elaborate?
ii) goes under "stuff that may have happened to someone somewhere"

Feel free to do what you wish with the feedback, but do try and understand what I am saying.

I find you have a handful of actual issues, a lot of annoyances (things that don't work like you want, or features you wish were there that are not) a couple of OLD issues from release 1.0 firmware that are long gone, and a few very isolated issues a small number of people report.

Still, good effort.