I live in an area where everyone and their grandmother owns an iPhone and a Mac (I can't count the times an iPhone user has looked at my clunky N900 and commented "you paid how much for that thing?! dude, mine only cost $199, and it does everything I need"). From daily observations at work and out at play, I'd venture out to say the average iPhone user doesn't really know, nor care, what his/her iPhone can or can't do. Trying to explain that FaceTime is an old invention, iPhone's multitasking still lags behind, or that most phones actually don't have the iPhone's antenna design flaw, is like telling a BMW owner his car isn't very fuel efficient. Moot point. Doesn't matter. To an iPhone owner, the iPhone is the ultimate phoning machine.

Us N900 users get wrapped around specs, hardware, open source this, overclocking that, meanwhile the iPhone user spends this time merrily listening to iTunes while browsing MyFace or Spacebook. And it seems they are typically happy with their iPhone/Pod/Mac product, because Apple does produce a well polished end-product.

But if you are in the niche market, like the guy running Linux servers and syncing his data by using Easy Debian, N900 might've been the only one around six months ago to get the job done. But based on your concern of trying one-up your cousin, I doubt you are that guy.

Enjoy your N900 in peace and quiet, let the mine vs. yours debate revolve around some more important subject than luxury electronic gadgets.