I wouldn't have any other device than the N900 right now. There's nothing else available that suits or interests me. This is the first phone I have bought for myself for at least five years, prior to this I was happy with my wife's 'sloppy seconds' just for the occasional voice call. The N900 is the first device available which I considered to offer a truly mobile computing proposition all packaged up like a phone. It was a natural progression from a netbook (now gathering dust).

I'm not trying to knock iPhone users here, but the way I see it, iPhones are for people who are happy to work 'inside the box' with the tools provided. Devices like the N900 are for users who want to challenge what can or can't be done and constantly seek to think 'outside the box'.

All this considered, I haven't recommended the N900 to a single friend because most of them would be better suited to the iPhone or Android environment. So I'm with you on this Nightfire. The N900 is far from being the best phone for every user by a long mile. Those that see the appeal of devices like the N900 will gravitate towards them and those that don't wont. That's what's great about the free market, we all have a choice.