Well I really enjoy using my N900 - and I had to call 5 Vodafone stores to find one that had not sold out.

So apart from the original week/month mixup, this is yet another article in the grand Inquirer post-Magee inaccuracy line... ever heard of 'checking sources'?

This news is bs anyway, so might as well delete this news item. Gartner got its months and weeks mixed up. The figure is actually 100k sold units in five WEEKS, NOT MONTHS.

They still need to sort out Ovi maps for even enthusiasts to get really excited by this phone. I've still keen to replace my E90 with an N900, but I can't justify replacing it with a phone with inferior software (Yes, I've even shelled out £9 for turn by turn navigation for a year instead...)

And yes, it needs better software support too. I don't need a vast selection, but having a decent dictionary installed is another really useful app when on the move (especially when you throw in some foreign language dictionaries).

Other than that, I'd love to have a phone that runs Linux! For general consumption the phone software needs to be a lot more professional - voice dialling etc. etc.

... even Engadget have corrected this http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/nokia-sells-just-100-000-n900s-after-first-five-months-so

They sold 100,000 in the first 5 weeks not 5 months

Outside of the tech community it's unheard of. Nokia haven't exactly been pushing it.
Plus of course there are plenty of us out here who would have bought one if:
1) We had a better idea it was coming..
2) We hadn't just signed up for an N97 contract
3) We hadn't just found the N97 Was buggy
4) We hadn't discovered the Nokia don't give a sh*t about their customers anymore.

I had/have an original N95, and I remember it had bugs at the beginning, but they were minor, and quickly ironed out. The N97 is just full of them, even after owning it for 7 months I don't trust it. Trying to get support just gets you fobbed off so they can mark the fault as cleared and make their stats look good.
I've lost count of the number of Nokias I have owned, but do you know what, I think my next phone will be Android powered.
Apple haven't beaten Nokia, Nokia have lost. There's a difference.