@GI Jack: I think many of your claims are not accurate based on Apple's past track record and publicly available information.

1. The same apps that exist on Apple's AppStore and Ovi Store almost always priced lower on the AppStore (most likely due to economy of scale). Case in point: apps by Roxio.

2. Yeah, new iPhone has got plenty of problems and rumors surrounding it and it's still a wait and see at this point as to what's the final resolution will be given, if any. But Apple has a known track record of good technical support (They generally just swap your defective product with a new one on the spot, if it's within the warranty period). They also give brand new parts (batteries) on recalls and/or prolong warranty periods when necessary (NVIDIA GPU recall).

3. If you were to talk about iTunes' modularity or bloatedness then I'd agree with you. But 'finding stuff' is probably one of its strenght. There's a clear search box on the top left all the time and all of your media are cross indexed for easy searching.

4. For most people, 'basic functionality' means full functional email client, PIM (contacts, calendar, notes, todo) and whatnot. For *nix administration, I'll give it to N900. But for 'basic smartphone functionality' in the popular-human sense, just about any other smartphone beats maemo unfortunately.

5. Interesting interpretation, but I think you've spiced things up just a tad much

6. Yes, I haven't seen any fanboyism here.
At all.
Really