Well, the saga of the N9 keeps getting more and more interesting. I'm a bit slow I guess, but was starting to warm up to the idea of getting one. It does look like it was thoughtfully designed although you can't please everyone. Slightly old HW but with age perhaps less buggy. No HWKB but maybe with BT or some other approach it could be something like a dockable unit in a wallet. Open up the wallet and you find a keyboard inside so you can happily type away, then take out the N9 from the wallet and it's like a phone/tablet. That works for me. There is some interest in easy Debian which would dramatically enhance its utility for me although I do not know if any of the Debian programs are compiled for this chipset. But that would come if there is interest. The N9 is still green and offers many challenges and opportunities for developers so I can see how they could be excited about it (plus the option to get the HWKB version for developers which makes me envious as I am not a developer even though I help design codes that run on supercomputers, Oh the irony of it all. To have such computing power yet be forsaken by ones true love! Just kidding. A little levity to ease the pain... ) Then there is the issue of future support from NOKIA which is rightfully in question. Well, alot can happen between now and September when the device, as I understand, is to be released to the public. Perhaps that is the good news as we can see how things shake out before making a purchase. Hopefully there will not be a lot more bad news...