It is nice but really nokia could just silence all (or much of) he criticism with a few strokes...

1) promise another firmware update
2) promise new flash
3) promise voice navigation

I have no idea as a non developer how hard these 3 items would be, but I think the n900 has done more to hurt nokia's reputation then help it in general. personally I could not do without a hardware keyboard and a true linux (no not maemo but easy debian). It is great because I can learn linux on it in chroot and not be afraid of killing the phone. But I really feel with just those 3 things nokia could silence their n900 critics. problem is nokia doesn't really seem to care....