You have a point. Would http://www.womworld.com/nokia/catego.../n900-devices/ be a better starting point? But yes, that is not obvious from http://maemo.nokia.com I'll comment this in my team.
There is http://wiki.maemo.org/Documentation/...eveloper_Guide and now the Nokia Qt SDK comes with own documentation, and there is http://www.forum.nokia.com/Devices/Maemo/ . But yes, I see what you mean.
The arrival of the Qt SDK and one day the Web Runtime will simplify this a lot, since there will be a clear set of tools and APIs supported and all the documentation will revolve around them. I think what you are looking for is what will emerge from http://wiki.meego.com/Application_developer_site