Experience has thus far taught me to be highly critical of efforts like this when the manufacturer(s) aren't involved, show no interest is participating and can't show the intellect and entrepreneurship to find a way to capitalize on a product they have already put into adoption by the very type of audience that might best benefit them overall. Frack.. I can't even get a damned stylus, nevermind a replacement kickstand, screen or fresher operating system, even if the community wanted to maintain it.

Convince me otherwise. I DARE you. Don't tell me how awesome everything WILL be. Give me some tangible evidence that Nokia or TI or ANYBODY involved gives a care about the N8x0 series or that they aren't already doing the same dances around the N900 now.