Last time I was out at dinner with my family, my n900 found a wlan called "cash register" (not sure about the translation). All waiters had some gagdet with them so customers can pay via card, without the need to run back to the counter.
I wonder if I could have hacked the network on my n900 to tell the central server we already paid...

But aside from that, the n900 is plain 1337 when it comes to anything even remotly related to admin stuff. Fix database issues, correct some HTML layout issues, quickly code some changes to some java source on my home computer, chat with friends, tell the guy who asked you on the street where some obscure street is etc and all that simutaniously while beeing in a boring meeting or sitting outside in the sun.
If I had an USB keyboard I probably wouldnt even need my notebook anymore.
Plus, you can even make a phonecalll.
So yea. I do not understand the bashing either.