By complex I meant your deduction and ultimately the implications of what you thought I said, but didn't, simply because I didn't think in such complex terms.

Every now and then, manufacturers make something extraordinary, it can be cars, motorcycles, sewing machines or whatever. Some people call these things a flop, and from a mainstream commercial point of view they are correct. But it is the extraordinary that ultimately defines the mainstream. The N900 is such a device, while iPhones and all Androids (with some exceptions) are the mainstream. We may never again see a commercially available phone that the average guy can use and install several different OS'es on. But then again, maybe we will. Either way the N900 will be recorded in the history of phones as something truly extraordinary, while all the Galaxy-type Android phones no matter the exact specs, will be forgotten. Samsung wave (Bada) will be remembered, as will the original iPhone.

The N900, even when "dead" and forgotten by Nokia, will outlive all the top Android phones of today and tomorrow, just like the 25 year old HP15c. Purchasing a couple of N900s is an investment. It won't make you a millionaire, but you will not loose much money either.