Hmm.. I read "It's a phone. It's a computer." at that link. I see nothing about being a "smartphone".

This has drifted off topic. Yes, you can do whatever you want with an iPhone and Droid after you break your warranty agreement and root/jail-break it. Custom ROMs, yada, yada... On the N900, you can do it naively, without using third party software to break into or replace the OS of your device.

In the end, they all have the exact same processor, and mostly the same hardware, with slight variations on manufacturer and placement. The difference is in the OS, and what that OS was designed to do.

If you don't to your homework, and choose the right device for you when buying things (because model numbers are clearly irrelevant), then it's on your own head.

Would I buy another Nokia? Sure, if that's the device that did everything I wanted it to do in the arena I was looking for. That's how I chose this device, and how I choose most things when they fall into the "expensive" category. Doing otherwise is more like gambling than buying a tool.