i was doing all of that with my n95 YEARS ago.

apples are for people who, according to steve, dont want to think. they can pick it up and all is fluid and natural and looks good. but if steve didnt say you can do it then you cant do it.
n900's philosophy is more "heres some kick *** hardware, do what you will with it."
i dont want someone telling me i can do umpteen things i was doing years ago. i want umpteen people telling me they've jus found something new and cool they can do, and with a little effort i can do it too.
if theres something i cant do, i know i want to do, and i think theres a way to do it, i dont want to petition developers to make and release an app for it, its so great to say "hey TMO i want to be able to blablabla" and ilovenokia3968 reply with ten lines of code that would let me do exactly that.
with the right people working on the software n900 could have been so much more, but being more of a 'stepping stone' than a 'destination' the marketing etc wasnt there, low market share means low developer potential, and we havent been able to keep hold of the best ones we had here, and no one to take the place of those who've moved on either.
my rant done.