Some very interesting points been made here by the OP and some of the replies and i will add some too.

First of all the N900 IS capable of a lot more than it is right now with the current OS and the meager updates it has aquired from Nokia but please note and remember it is a computer in it's own right (the first device of this kind as a mobile phone) so is inevitable it will go on to better days in the future.

This community can play a big big part in the future development of the N900 as it has a obvious direct connection to the manufacturer Nokia.

The problems in the future will be from Nokia if they do not give Meego a full exsistence on the N900 with all closed drivers incorperated, this is when the community can step in with pressure at that stage, not before, to say to Nokia hang on here we have a full blown community that has invested in the N900 and obviously i dont think it would get to that stage as Nokia do not want the negatives in relation to anything they dont do for the N900 in the future.

My cards as i have said before on here are on Nokia to give us more and more as Meego grows and Nokia have already started the N900 "platform" for Meego and will constantly add to it as time goes on.

The biggest problem on here is the lack of knowledge of actual future developments for the N900 from Nokia themselve's that is making people unsure and sceptical which in turn leads to bad press all round on this community.

Please remember the N900 IS a COMPUTER as well as a mobile phone and that alone should give assurance, for example the Windows platform grew from strength to strength and so has Linux.

We need time... time to construct Meego as that is the chosen future by Nokia for the N900 so everyone please please be patient and give that time because it is fact... the N900 is a computer and the very first of it's kind and apart from the usb issue (now fixed) has many many countless possibilities.

Whatever OS Nokia come up with as long as they provide the closed drivers which i am sure will be available soon, will enable even the likes of Windows to be programmed into the N900, so what is the worry here?.

It is only a matter of time for development to progress to enable everything thats available now and in the future to be available for the N900, that includes what you have got for the likes of iphone and other platforms/os..... what a wonderful thought !.

Maybe someone else can shed some light on \what i have said also.