You joke, but it's what people expect now, especially for US$500. A smartphone doesn't work unless it works with the rest of the world, and the rest of the world is changing.

Expected modern smartphone functionality (iPhone, Android):

- Device is able to run evolving content and applications for a few years.

N900 functionality:

- Device stops being able to run evolving content and applications rather quickly, because it does not evolve with them.

I'm seeing this already happen with web-based videos, which are increasingly unable to play on the N900. There's a good chance the Meego port won't solve this, and neither will the alternate browsers available.