I have been a Maemo user since the N800 was released. It was one of the best hardware devices I ever had using it as a ebook reader, browsing the net at the University and at home, using it as bittorrent client with a USB attached, etc etc

It always got the attention of everybody, and I had to explain that it wasnt a cellphone, just an internet tablet. When I had my internship in Japan, my coworkers and friends freaked out about it, having Linux in the pocket with a nice interface was so great. Some of them had the Sharp Zaurus but all the software was quite old and unmaintained...

Then, after a while my Nokia N800 sadly died and to repair it (just the cable that connects the screen to the main board) was too expensive that wasnt worth it.

I loved so much my tablet but then I was seeing how Nokia was loosing the high-end market against different OS/phones I got really disappointed. My interesting about FLOSS decreased as well... and when I saw some screenshots about Maemo 5 or some rumours about it... man... I was so sad...

but hey!! It seem Nokia did a really good job, specially with the phone and the new user interface!! I think we will have the best Internet Tablet ever really soon!! Thanks Nokia! Im interested again in FLOSS, in Nokia, in Maemo and maybe after finishing my master I will try to join forces to design the best user interface ever!!

The review here:
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/09...mo5/print.html
says the true at the end:
"The N900 excels at task switching, the communication apps are good enough, and music playback and photo browsing are better than on any previous Nokia."
"Nokia deserves credit for plugging away, and appreciating that a completely fresh approach was needed"