It's definitely impressive, as far as Android devices without hardware keyboards go. After some hesitation, I pulled the trigger today... and will hopefully be in possession of it by next week. Then it'll be time to retire my N900 as primary in-pocket device, and relegate it to sitting idle on my desk, until the occasion when it is readily available and a full blown PC experience isn't needed. It will be a sad day... until I pop on my headphones and stream Sirius without having to worry about what broke sipie this time, because there is an app for that. Sigh.

I couldn't stand waiting any longer for the Ovi store to populate for Maemo (if ever, since it's a dead platform). I couldn't stand waiting for T-mobile to decide they are ready to accept my money in return for cellular service with a chance of 3G (they won't sell in my area, since there is a good chance of roaming). I know I'm going to regret my decision the first time I need to do one of the things that Maemo replaced my laptop for (such as using ssh, nmap, vpnc, rdesktop, traceroute, or ping for troubleshooting at work). The DX is far from a perfect device in my eyes, but at this time Android is a far more mature platform which has become recognized for what it is, and is getting attention from service providers to develop applications in-house, as opposed to relying on community-developed, reverse engineered substitutes. Don't get me wrong - I am thankful for the Maemo community and all they have managed to develop for and port to the platform (I would have likely left long ago, otherwise), but I've finally reached a point where that just isn't enough.