I think the op was referring to boosting sales, not boosting speed. So the idea was to dualboot the n900 with something people are familiar with - Symbian, with something they are not - maemo, in order to gain more interest and more traction. Aside from the "same hardware" assertion, this plan doesn't fly primarily because I imagine Nokia has no interest in boosting n900 sales at this point, and certainly little interest in promoting the maemo platform with meego only a couple of months away (this may well be a fairy tale, but I imagine they would plan for it to be true even when it won't be). The n900 was an experiment for enthusiasts. Given the extraordinary level of moaning and bitterness that arose from that demographic, Nokia would have to be insane to push this device further into the non-tech-savvy demo even if meego wasn't on its way.