Cheers for the update, but it doesn't answer my principal worry over whether carriers will offer it subsidised on contract. I had no doubt that i'd be able to buy an N9 from Play.com, etc, but the N900 was £450 sim-free when it arrived. My T-mobile contract with an unlocked handset was £110 upfront followed by eighteen payments of £20, or £470. Tell me why i would willingly pay the RRP for a phone in britain when i can get it along with eighteen months of calls, texts and internet for £20 more?