I'll say this: I love my N900, wouldn't trade it, but I am not even considering buying a Nokia MeeGo device.

The N900 is very much a dual personality phone. It does some things exceedingly well (or at least far better than other competitors) and other things far worse than competitors. I take that back, it's not a phone . It really comes off as half done, with so much potential that was wasted. I couldn't recommend anyone else I know buy one. To me it feels as if it were rushed out, just to get something out, so the community didn't vanish while Nokia changed focus to MeeGo.

The main reason I bought it, was that I was sure it would be the last device with a resistive screen and keyboard. Factor in other things that I *expected* would work well, I thought that it was a deal. Now, after 9 months, I'm still happy to have it, but it is not the deal I thought.

I believe that if Nokia had listened more to the "community of geeks" it had at its' disposal, rather than the "standard" marketing channels and focus groups, the N900 could have been a much better product, that would have appealed to the masses as well as the power user / developer crowd. The "community of geeks" could have provided much valuable information/suggestions both pre and post launch.

The fact that Peter is here polling for data is a good start. It remains to be seen how that data is used. Will it be used as an indication of "real world use cases" (albeit more power user than normal user), or will it merely be footnotes to support results from focus groups.

But, as the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, I await with baited breath the announcement of a MeeGo phone from a vendor other than Nokia. I keep reading "if you don't like Nokia, get a MeeGo phone from another vendor", but I haven't seen any announcements from other vendors (if I missed any, I appreciate if they were pointed out).