If you're talking about the screenshots in the review, they are made/published by the same guy who said
"The phone’s 800x480 pixel resistive screen (pretty responsive, by the way) is great for watching videos and the kickstand mounted on the N900 only helps the experience."

Note that direct 800x480 screenshots look HUGE on monitor DPI, so don't rule out resizing.

I would argue back in 2005 when the 770 came out mobile linux was ahead of it's time. Nokia has pushed a lot of code into open source making mobile linux possible. Who knows where the Pre, Android and Pandora would be if the 770 didn't exist.

Maybe with the N900 Nokia feels there is enough of a solid base with maemo to build a line out of, thus the cellular radio.

So we don't know for sure what browser the N900 will ship with right?

What about other apps? Apart from all the stuff Nokia will port over from S60 (PIM, Maps, Camera, etc.) what apps from the N810 era are you guys excited to see running (or upgraded to run) on Maemo 5 and the improved CPU?

It's possible that Nokia made the change to a 3.5 inch screen in order to make this thing more pocket-able (and gain more acceptance.) I almost never saw a 800/810 review or reference that stressed the pocket-able factor. People always just lump them into the Tablet or MID category. In theory and in Nokia's marketing, the 800/810 were pocket-able devices, but in actual use I think they were just a little too big for most people's pockets.

500 is 62,5% of 800 and 300 is 62,5% of 480.

It looks like they were shrunk to 62,5% of the original for viewing purposes.

First, a few words about the N810 from my POV:

This - the lack of a cellular radio - almost kept me from buying the N810. The low price of the N800 nudged me in the right direction yet it was the hardware keyboard that made me go for the N810.

Deciding factors were:
- the 800x480 resolution. My windows mobile had a nonstandard resolution that prevented some programs from working, and it was too small to read even soccer results on.

- browser got good review. I would have gone for Opera Mobile as well.

- The hardware keyboard, I have never gotten any fast with txt msgs.

- Bluetooth audio. I found some proof of working A2DP, and imagined myself using a A2DP headset. Also, with my A2DP car stereo. Well, disappointment. Pretty much giving up on A2DP.

- Bluetooth networking. I imagined it'd be easy to pair with my WM6 cell phone. Again, disappointment. Though there is a hack available, it's too cumbersome and I rarely if ever use it over GSM. Easier with WM5.

- I checked if people were using it for eBooks, and they were.

Initially I thought of the lack of cellphone functionality as weird. Pretty much every single person I've mentioned this device to, has believed it's a touch screen cell phone. I have to tell them repeatedly, it just doesn't register with them because the device is, well, a Nokia. So, I figured I didn't really need cellphone functionality, I could just pair it with my WM6 phone. But that hardly works well for me. Nothing like how well WLAN works. To get it working better, I'd have to ditch WM6. But I'm reluctant to having a phone with no smartphone functionality. And lately Nokia phones has been known to not work well with my bluetooth car stereo. So I was looking at a scenario where I'd have to replace, well, all my devices.

...And then a few words about the N900, from my POV.

Compared to what I have now, the N900 gives better connectivity to internet, better chances of getting updates that can make it work with my car stereo than a non-open phone, and one less device to carry around. I too can see the desire to have a phone as slim as i.e. the 5630, 18mm doesn't sound that tempting. Yet, it's about the same as my Ipaq 514 so, I think I'll live. Also, it's supposed to weigh less than the n810, which I also appreciate. But then the keyboard has lost too many keys, that's not good!

For me, this is a quite interesting device. I DO want to carry my tablet with me everywhere, I already do most of the time. I DO NOT want to fiddle around with tethering (for minutes) or installing hacks that eats battery which again requires installing other hacks to open up root access, etc, just to be able to get net access.

This device's screen is not quite as good as the N810 when it comes to size for books or video. I assume other things about the screen is improved, though.

The device is a bit chubby. But not as chubby as the N810 plus any cell phone.

And I hope, but do not trust, that A2DP works better with this new device.

I have never spent that much money on a cell phone. And these days a coworker of mine is struggling to return a N97 he just bought and hates. I will require some good reviews of it, by current NIT owners, before I decide. But...

I think this device looks quite promising.

Nokia had better get it out in the stores before I discover an Android phone with keyboard and 800x480.

Damn leaks and having to wait for the N900 to show up now. Now I keep noticing little things that bug me about my E65 and N810 that annoy me. I can't wait to make the transition!!!

Is there a poll about the current interest for (purchasing) n900 yet?

- buy
- buy if the reviews are positive
- buy if my personal test drive is positive
- don't know yet
- i'm sure i won't buy n900

Pidgin (or similar)
FBReader (or similar)
VNCViewer
Canola (or similar)
KeePassX - in theory... I install it and then do not transfer my passwords to it
alternative browser (just in case)