Point one and three are no more criticisms of the N900 specifically than the criticism of the capacitive screen is a criticism of the iPhone.

Point two is valid, but it effects some N900s, while plenty of users have reported abusing their N900's usb ports, with no loosening. A comparable hardware level decision is the iPhone 4 antenna placement. Except, near as I can tell, those N900s with USB port problems came from shitty batches, and their likelyhood of USB port damage is more dependent on the fact that you got that N900, while the iPhone 4's antenna issue seems to be similar on all phones, but whether or not it effects you depends on the exact conduciveness of your fingers to shorting the gaps... Which any electronics or biology/chemistry specialists may correct me on, but as far as I know depends on things like how oily your fingers are, how many capillaries you have, etc. Which in turn depends on what life has caused to happen to your fingers, what genes control in that regard, etc.

I know the N900 has flaws, and some do affect all devices. For the things that I value in devices, those flaws combined with the N900's strength are almost nothing in comparison to what the iPhones have. BUT that's not what I'm discussing here, because that's a matter of taste and personal preference (though in my opinion it puts the N900 on a much more stone-resistant basis than the iPhone). I just think the criticisms said so far don't apply the same way this alarm thing does (though I don't really think that's a big deal either - **** happens, companies make software with bugs, and at least Apple pushes updates out more often than Nokia), and that the "is that all you got" post is completely irrelevant, because it isn't actually sound.