Why would the N9/50 be worthless to me w/o a hardware keyboard?
Because of MeeGo. MeeGo feels like a hybrid son of a tablet & phone UI. I put the latet DE on my N900 and i cant see myself using it with a keyboard! plain & simple.

I feel like too many of you has been attached to the "White Noise" around the device. like its camera or the gestures mechanism. But fail to see the fact that people who prepare to pay large sums of money on a device like this also wants it to help them with their work.
For example, i know quite a few buisnessmen who switched their Iphone4 with an E7 and they are the happiest people now..For those who need to constantly type memos\notes\messages ect..that keyboard is a must. Besides for all of us who need something 'extra' the E7 is not enough.

It could be very funny if we wont be able to have it "all". Both the ability to work with the open system that it is meego and to have that keyboard.