I don't think this is a n00bish question at all, and furthermore it keeps me from having to make a new thread with a new question.

To my knowledge, this is still the ONLY "phone"-sized device made that contains a *FULL* OS (unlike Android) and is mostly unlocked (unlike Apple). To have this much horsepower combined with this much hardware anywhere else requires a larger form-factor (eee-PC comes to mind).

One idea I've had for a while is to use it as a more portable version of a netbook or small notebook, especially combined with one of those roll-up keyboards such as this (as an example):

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/keyboards-mice/5a7f/

To my knowledge, you can't do this with Android or i*; I don't know about M$ mobile OS's but I refuse to use such things. And this is not to mention such wonderful things as SIP, Skype, or running Apache in your pocket!

Oh yeah, I've wanted this ever since it came out, but I haven't been able to justify the cost so I was waiting for it to come down--and it has, somewhat. But now, reading all of this has given me *BIG* pause!

So the US$500 (or so) question to all of you out there: knowing what you know now, as owners who have (hopefully) owned the N900 for a while, and knowing that Nokia no longer supports it *BUT* the community does, would you tell me to buy it or not? If not, what DO you recommend?

Thanks, Mike