The more I think about it... the more I have to think that Maemo was basically an internal project that was beta tested upon all that consumed their internet tablets - 770 through N900. Look at how the phone bits were "tacked on". Look at how easy it was to stop, restart, resume and repeat between each and every version of Maemo.

But the constant statement that "Maemo was never meant for mainstream" is very annoying. Typically, most well founded companies do not release pet projects. Apparently, Nokia did just that.

That's my take on it. And this comes from a person that's owned a 770, N810 and N900. Guess I played along with 3 out of 4 of their pet project steps.