Thanks so much, Texrat. I am in the U.S. However, after saying that it was impossible, Nokia (upon longer complaining from me) shipped me a replacement N900. Your work, and that of other folks contributing to maemo.org, makes these worthwhile devices to own! (But based on this experience, anyhow, Nokia's own customer service has some deep problems when compared, say, to Apple.)
Cheers,
Jon