hi. i think that it's really up to you to decide whether you should buy it or not. people have different preferences as to what phone they like best. if you think that you would be more comfortable with the n900 then go for it. i suggest that you try the phone first and get a feel of it so you would be able to decide better. i got mine just last week and still exploring it. i say it's a wonderful phone which can do almost anything i want it to do..plus it has an internal memory of 32g..i'm still waiting for the update release so i can enjoy more of my phone.

think about what you really need and if the phone would be beneficial for you..if it is, then buy it..if not, then look for other phones..

If you have to ask, I would say no.

This phone is for techno geeks who like to tinker and explore what they can do with their phones. For these guys this is the uber phone, and they are right. These guys dont need support from Nokia and so they are fine with Nokia's lackluster support. They are happy with the capabilities of the phone now and wont care if an asteriod hit Nokia tomorrow and Nokia ceased to exist.

If you expect stuff to "just work" - do NOT get this phone.

If you expect support from major commercial 3rd party developers, do NOT get this phone.

If you expect Nokia to continue to support and port apps or new versions of OSes to this phone, do NOT get this phone.

Basically, do NOT buy this phone hoping for future updates that MAY come. Only buy it if you are happy with it NOW.

Think of it this way - Assume that from tomorrow you will get NO more support for this phone other then what YOU YOURSELF can modify or code. If you are STILL happy with the N900 as it is NOW, then BUY the phone.

However, if you feel unease at the prospect that the N900 gets no external support from tomorrow onwards, then do NOT buy the phone.

Well the bundled software has flash, that is the only plus. I have played with the fennec firefox browser and the new opera 10. Both are better, faster, handle book marks, have tabbed browsing. That alone is the winner for me. MicroB feels like IE6 compared to opera and FF.

If either of them even ported the flash 9 then they would instantly be better because of tabs. So much easier than having ot trawl back through all your open pages, waiting for the processor to catch up and change screens. The processor catch up is quite common when you have music or something like youtube runnning as well.