I'm with you on this one. I have taken a lot of photos with my N900, and even after deleting the ones that don't measure up, i'm still left with over 1500 photos. Scrolling through them takes forever, especially when using FMMS (wouldn't be a problem if it wasn't a separate app, and could instead be shared through standard interface).

I think arguing they're not meant to be kept on the N900 is pretty weak. After all, it's a portable photobook. Why would i take them with the N900 and then move them to something less portable?

I shared your concern, having been wary of proprietary or app-specific album features for over a decade now in search for the perfect solution to archiving photos. The good news is that the N900 camera app uses standard EXIF and IPTC metadata fields for tagging, title and description. Any reasonable/sane application will be able to access and use the same fields. The truly surprising thing is how few apps there are that do that, though. Everyone's gotta do their own damn thing; nevermind compatibility, etc.

Or even fixing the bug that pulls you back to the top of the list after you have scrolled to the bottom, when it suddenly decides to modify the list after a few seconds.

Going back to main topic: N900 is the best phone "up to date", whatever that means--at least for me. Unfortunately, Nokia's decision to completely ignore any bugs that occur because of not having a data connection at every minute really undermines one of the major unique strengths of the N900: it's a smartphone that can actually do most things without network access. Recognizing the folly of their position and fixing some outstanding bugs like that, for example that make it impossible to geotag photos, even when there's a gps fix, if the network isn't available, would meet most of my needs.

I wish Nokia would play to their strengths, instead of throwing them away in fits of iMeToo stupidity.