Maybe, but there are things to consider about how an Android phone would match up with the N900 too, right?

I've been thinking about this myself. I have an N900 (tmobile) and a Touch Pro (sprint.) The two are very similar phones, except the N900 blows the Touch Pro out of the water in every way, shape, and form. (For me, anyhow. XD) I need to have two ways of getting a data connection in an emergency, and am on Sprint for a while anyway; I've been thinking of replacing my Touch Pro with a hero or the new Evo 4g, or a Palm Pixi.

The way I see it, any phone with the same form factor as my N900 is going to be utterly "outclassed" -- at least to me. Hey, I'm a linux guy. I can make my N900 do almost anything I want; there's no way Android or WebOS is going to be able to compete, but since I need two devices, they should have other lesser benefits. Otherwise, it just becomes a competition and I keep wanting to leave the other device at home, defeating the purpose of having a backup. (And dedicated phone.)

To my mind, it would have to either just be form factor (smaller or longer battery life for emergencies) or form factor (non-slider.) I'd lean more toward something like the Pixi or, well, anything Blackberry-esque for that; you're not going to beat the N900's screen for a bit, so you might as well have a single-hand keyboard, right?

I'm really not sure, though. It might be better to get one that works just as a phone with modem abilities; nothing's going to match Xchat for me.