Ooo, I wish I could comment on statement #1.

I'm not going to call you stupid just for being mistaken, Andrew. That would be petty, and you're entitled to your perception. I think you just might be looking at the issue a little off-kilter and coming to the wrong conclusion. That's made evident to me in this statement: "it's a portable Internet-accessing multimedia device". IF the N800 could indeed be summed up in that simple remark, I'd agree with you 100%. But it can't, so I don't. It has a broader scope than that, a broader scope than the iPod Touch. The failure of a few people in this entanglement to grasp that is what's blowing my mind. Don't hone in on SSH alone to make your argument-- that's dangerously close to straw man erection. There's more to the feature set and you know it.

And I really don't get the last comment. Even if the rank and file consumers don't care about the importance of the openness, it STILL remains a critical distinguishing factor, the importance of which will only continue to grow and increasingly differentiate the Nokia tablets from "close" competitors like iPods and iPhones. "Banging on about differences" isn't pointless-- it's the only rational part of the discussion!

Bottom line, the devices do indeed share a multitiude of features. But that does not ipso facto mean they share majority of purpose. The few distinguishing features have more value, carry more weight, than the many common ones which consumers will naturally expect under this vast umbrella.