The fact that you are able to separate your experience with the n900 from how you feel about the Nokia business model deserve praise. I wish all posts would be like that.
@imperiallight I need the resistive screen for drawing. See post 6. Also, I prefer to see my emails content (on gmail) while im replying. Hence hardware keyboard. One attached to the phone. I guess im just not "modern" enough to go all onscreen keyboard. I am glad I can get a crappy workaround worse than the n900s for flash and mass storage, all while hopefully voiding my warranty by jailbreaking.