I would argue the N97 was the shortest lived phone as it was very quickly replaced with the N97 mini. My operater removed the N97 after about 4 months, so the N900 at 6 months is a slight improvement. Interesting that both were Nokia. I can't think of an HTC phone that is removed from market as quick.

But as Nokia just lost it's number 2 AND has a new number 1. Who knows what will happen, I can't see them staying as they are and to me it will be in the direction of Win7 or Android and Symbian. Something about the American culture and wanting the sales numbers to compete, not the innovation which takes effort.

At a guess, It works, is stable. It can do picture messages, individual ringtones, battery lasts longer. My sister has one and has had for a year more than I have had this turkey and it still just works. She didn't want a phone to 'hack', she wanted a phone that does what it says. And voila, the N95 is that phone. Make me jealous sometimes because hers rings when people call (mine has given up on that privilage), tells her when she misses a call without apps, she can store music and play it without an indexer killing the OS. All the things that haven't ruined the N900.