That's what I thought too (N900: For techy types). But then one day I saw a teenager girl using a N900 on the bus.. she seemed utterly comfortable with doing whatever it was that she did. Keyboard out, keyboard in (the Mercedes-door sound was what alerted me to the fact that she was using an N900). Maybe she used that Facebook application I've never bothered with myself? Or messaging? I don't know.

But it turned around my thinking about the N900. When my old mother complained that it was impossible to use her new Samsung phone to read or write messages (too tiny fonts, too difficult to figure out) I handed her my N900. She found it utterly simple. Large readable icons, messages easy to read (they show up on the front before you even start the sms application), easy to phone.. perfect.