The community will long surpass Nokia in the life cycle.. so i would not be bothered about that. The n900 will give you more power than any other device for it's price. Also if Maemo is not good for you.. you could chose other OS's. So you'll be busy 24 month from now guaranteed..[/QUOTE]

i am not an advanced user by any means but for the nest 19 months of my 2 year contract, i will be using my n900 as a: remote for my tv & stereo. logging on to my laptop via it, playing arcade & console games via game gripper & tv out, browsing & viewing flash sites, transmitting my music via fm, checking emails as easy as sms, taking excellent quality photos & vids of my kids, 30gbp per month &5 for unlimited 3g, tho there may be better deals now, oh & making phone calls on it. did imiss anything? i think i'!! be happy,!