Well I won't ding Nokia on the keyboard because they did include the soft kbd from the N800. I think using one or the other is a matter of preference. I never used the handwriting with the N800. I like to have the soft kbd to just browse and write quick emails or IMs. I use the hard keyboard for longer emails but frankly I may not have as much use for it on the N810.

I also have a BT KBD which I carry around with me incase I need to do a lot of typing. So, I guess with me, the jury is out on whether or not the h/w kbd is necessary. I suspect a lot of commuters will find it useful. I am a traveler... ;-)

I hope the GPS problems are software related. I don't recall what GPS they are using but if they are using a Sirt II or III they should have a decent unit on-board that competes with the other companies' units' performance. The mapping software itself leaves a lot to be desired but I have commented about this. I suspect Nokia will fix this soon since they are putting a lot of eggs in the geo-location services related basket and if their product sucks, they just won't have any customers (and revenue). I still think the GPS onboard is a good idea, but for Pete's sake, Nokia fix it! (...probably out to wander on over to bugzilla but haven't had enough time to characterize the problems correctly). In the meantime I am going to continue to use my Garmin Mobile 10 and Maemo Mapper which work fine...on my N800 (testing them on the N810 but seems to work fine also).

Waiting for a 4GB MiniSD so I can actually attempt to do something with the N810 I have. Hopefully the 8GB units will be available for sale soon. 16GB...not holding my breath (besides they will probably be 1/3 - 1/2 the cost of the N810 when they first come out anyhow).