I was able to get my N900 recently for a very good price second hand, very well treated.
I have a hunch that if Nokia doesn't license the N900 design, then these will be very expensive collectibles. Hold on to them, you might as well have a bar of Finnish gold.
Mine I just stumbled into it. I have a Moto Cliq, which I consider the best Android hacker friendly on the market. I just wanted a solid slider with a touch screen and WIFI. Bluetooth wasnt even necessary. But the screen is so small, it hurts. So I was testing the G2 at a local Tmo booth, but how long that keyboard will survive?
The Cliq 2 wasnt available by then, which I really looking for. But on the ebays, there was this N900 that was not listed properly (Android cell phone,lol). I remembered I heard myths and legends about this phone, so I got curious. As the list of features got longer and longer, well, I could not resist. I am a Ubuntu addict since 3 years, so Maemo comes like second nature. And Aircrack? PyRadio, Angry Birds better than an Iphone, MediaBox,etc?OPfft. This simply could not go away. And the price, ohh.
In my personal opinion, Maemo is way stronger than Meego. I dont see a compelling reason to switch. In fact, I think Ill never will. What I really would like to learn is to port standard Ubuntu and Debian programs to Maemo. Speaking about that, I am starting another thread, to avoid hijacking this one.

This thing is simply a masterpiece of workmanship.