In my opinion, the OP isnt even worthy of changing the battery on an N900. EVERY device has shortcomings, and NO consumer device is PERFECT. If it took you almost a year to come to the conclusion that Maemo 5 and the n900 isnt for you, then youre obviously a slow learner and shouldve jumped ship a long time ago. Maybe we will see you at the end of 2012 posting a review of the first Meego device?

Please refrain from insulting other posters.

i dont believe its an insult, truth is truth.

Optimistprime: why don't you ask those divorced couple why they so passionately loved each other before?

Yep, true. For those who like to fix their own LCD screen. For those who simply love screen tearing. For the techies who aren't scared by solder ironing an USB port.

The device has some serious design flaws, but also unique or rare features. It may not be as user-friendly as iOS or Android, but it isn't as bad as Maemo 4 and earlier either. The device wasn't meant for the small niche earlier Maemo-based devices were aimed for, but not for the big market Android and iOS are aiming at and Harmattan (Nokia's MeeGo port) will aim for. It aimed for something inbetween there, but there's not really a few words which sum that up.

This post was titled" The End of the Nokia Smart phone dream". The N900 isnt a smart phone. A "smartphone" is what the N97 was supposed to be. I have been shafted by Nokia a couple of times, but I am not foolish enough to not recognize the uniqueness of the N900. A great majority of peoply who I know who have "smartphones", iphones, etc, are totally amazed by my n900 when they get their hands on it.

well, i bought my n900 about 6 months ago, i did it with a lot of entusiasm, but as time passed, i was really dissaponited.

back then i got in touch with this forum, but never registered until today, the truth is, that it is a ver good device, it has a decent hardware BUT, it is also true that the lack of support by nokia is a dealbreaker.

ive read all this thread and all of you have a point, but the ones that defend the n900 are really blind, they defend customization and the programing and hacking options they have well... take a look at what the android community does.... http://www.xda-developers.com/

i recently bougth a nexus one, and.. wow, the build quality, the utlra fast ui, the customization options, the support from google, the flash 10.1 that IS the way the n900 must have been.

im not telling u that android is better than maemo, but in MY PERSONAL opinion, i like it much better, the android market is growing every day.

those who are happy with the n900 and the lack of suppport from nokia, well, they have the right to be happy, but just try a device with android and maybe youll undersatnd better this post.

best of luck

ahhh these are my favourite.

it's not that's it's difficult to use, it's just that you're not intelligent enough.

Mmm, doesn't that intellectual superiority make you feel all warm inside. Love it.

Nokia should rather try a unique OS.
Android isn't one.
Maemo (MeeGo) is one that may grow.

One should not buy a hardware device just because of
hype.
Read, if it fits your purpose and your budget, if the faults are
important for you - before you buy it.
Afterwards it is too late to discover, that 80% or something are not what you wanted.

If you want an Android system and if you cannot wait for the
Maemo application portfolio to grow then N900 is the wrong
device for you.

I was getting to Linux after using SunOS for years and at the beginning Linux was a lot of "missing here and missing there".
Still I knew at that time that Windows was an additional
"crash here and there, and missing also that and that".
If I look at Win7 (at work) and Linux (at home) now I must
say that Linux is miles ahead.

A) The N900 didn't come out a year ago
B) The Samsung Galaxy S didn't come out last week

However I don't think it's the physical hardware were he's comparing. It's the OS, it's apps and it's support. That's a fair comparison to make really.