The Nokia N900 (released is the US a few months ago) has only recently become available, through official channels, in Australia. I had been contemplating the purchase of a new 'Smart Phone' for a couple of months and had considered a few options (I had looked at the Apple iphone and some Android powered devices - the latter being more likely, as I am not a big Apple fan but enjoy using Linux). Nothing had really jumped out at me... until I read an article in "Linux User & Developer" (mag) about the Nokia N900 & the Maemo 5 Operating System: I was intrigued and 'sold' within minutes.