greetings there. I ve reading you for quit a long time. I ve become a member just to say that even though some of you dont care wether the N9 has a hw keyboard or not, some of us will not buy it if it hasnt got one. "I know you know that" as a member of yours said, but in my opinion it is what it will make it stand against competition . Geeks dont want another iphone like mobile, and fashion geeks dont want another mobile than an iphone , so again in my opinion, not having a hw keyboard equals total failure.