If you were in the market for a generic smartphone, android is and probably always has been superior to maemo.

If you're in the market for a handheld unix computer with a GSM radio, the comparison is silly.

It sucks to see such tremendous potential slowly waste away, and I hope Nokia hasn't abandoned this path for highend smartphones. But in my particular case, the n900 is still the best technology thing I have ever owned. For me, comparing it to an android phone is kinda silly.