You have to wonder if Nokia is scared of the SSU flashes messing up existing N900s & that's what they're bug testing. If that's the case, I wouldn't mind doing a full wipe and flash.

To note someone saying that the installed N900 base of users expect a bug-free consumer friendly firmware update is ridiculous. Nokia has made it quite clear the N900 is for enthusiasts and techno-geeks. We know there are gonna be bugs, as long as they aren't show stoppers, release the damn firmware already.

Personally, I feel like this is *it* for large firmware updates for the N900 (a la every other Internet Tablet that Nokia has tossed aside after 2 "big" firmware revisions), so they're trying to get it right, because after that, that's it. Beyond large glaring bugs, we're on our own with whatever "developer firmware" gets released later down the line. As we can see that worked so well for Mer. :P