hahaha
ah man...
I ran out of patience a year ago ... and I was investing in it at the beginning.
I am doubting I will ever see my 1/2 down I put on one ever come to fruition.

I think that now...
when a person can get a freakin' 1gb ram (or more) generic chinese made smart watch on ebay for under $150 CDN ...
that a $2000+
(yet-to-be-finished-after-5-years-still)
1gb n(eo)900 revamp...
makes about as much fiscal sense....
as investing in VIC 20 stock at this time.
(anyone remember the old VIC 20?)

and I know...I know...
"but that chinese generic smart watch isn't a modern linux handheld smartphone? Is it?"
that is the unique thing about the neo900 right?

get the latest pi with 2gb ram
get a battery
get a decent case
and get this... https://www.ebay.ca/itm/PiTalk-3G-IO...sid=m570.l1313
the pitalk.
(I am figuring on getting one by next april when I have time to assemble it)
put it all together...
and for under $300 to $400 CDN
you have a linux handheld smartphone running raspbian at a fraction of the price with double the ram of the neo

(and if battery life is an issue running the latest pi and a 5" screen..then get the smallest pi w and screen there is...for even less money and run it lean and battery life should be decent)

So I think that old linux smartphone argument is moot now.