N900 doesn't compare to any other phone currently in market.

and future of N900 isn't dependent on the current market smartphones..

Trust me the MAEMO community has done well in supporting the phone. A lot of useful applications are available. By useful I would mean value add applications that are stable and bug free. You can always request for certain more feature but yes. You have most of the necessary things already developed.

Like you have excellent media players / streaming application. You have office application (paid) but really excellent. You have support for mail. Voice / Video Chat. You have emulators to various gaming platforms.

You can do VPN over phone ..WOW. I never tried this..or I don't intend to use this phone for that..But consider the possibilities available..

MAEMO is an OS and I guess it is not going to die or phase out. It was already used on previous internet tablets.

Now it is unfortunate for Nokia to go behind MEEGO, develop a new platform all together. But even no one knows what it has promising in. As even that can be replaced in future. But remember MEEGO will be new and MAEMO is already matured and has a large support currently.

Nokia has already stopped marketing N900. I can confidently say atleast in India Nokia never marketed/promoted N900.

I am happy that N900 was available when I wanted to do a phone switch. And I chose to go for N900. I was overwhelmed by the fan following during the preorder days. The anxiousness of people eagerly waiting for it to be deliverd. Blaming AMAZON/NOKIA/DELL/NEWEGG for all the shipping delays.

I find N900 a real opportunity for many phone lovers to own a mini desktop with excellent app support for maps/office/mail/phone/media/games ..etc...

so cheers to the success of N900 and am sure Nokia will improvise. I feel just one grudge that Nokia over priced N900 when it launched...they should have at least had a complete firmware before launching it ...it is more unlike with other competitors. They would never do that..