Well first I've demonstrated that the N800 runs Javascript up to 7x faster than the vaunted iPhone (and I'm an Apple fan) so the whole "underpowered" and 'slow" thing is kinda ridic.

Secondly, the fact that one can get third party software is a 'good" thing. It would probably be best if the place to get the software was "better" but that's not Nokia's fault ( I think).

In terms of usefulness, MaemoMapper just showed its usefulness yet again this weekend and now that I discovered I can get the Google traffic on the thing I'll no longer be getting caught in traffic (as much as can be expected).

I also agree that some folks have some serious expectation issues that need managing.

Is there room for improvement? Definitely and namely the GOD awful means updating the system and some means of shortening the time between when an app goes haywire and the OS tries to kill it. That can be a battery killer. I'm sure other people have their gripes, but for the money and what it can do, this thing is nice.