Adobe and a lot of the software companies get away with charging those prices because they say it's due to the multiple languages it has to be translated to.

Apple used to say because of the multiple adapters and/or power supplies.

But honestly... I thought it was just another get more money. That is until I hit up Japan. If you know where to look, and I don't mean grey market... we're getting screwed a bit too in the US on a lot of our electronics.

Regardless... the price for the N900 isn't a concern for me in this iteration. It seems "fair" enough. And the hardware, for what you're paying for... is mighty capable.

I just doubt it will have more than one killer feature that will convince me to buy into it. Especially with the non-committal stance of Harmattan on it (it should go onto it easily since the next few devices are rumored to have OMAP3 cpus in them anyway)...