Everyone assumes that limited release of N9 is due to its competitiveness with NOKIA MS phone. I think you also have to look at it differently, perhaps N9 CAN NOT compete in the American market due to disadvantages that we are not aware of. I heard from several reviewers that VKB is not that good. If VKB is not that good, that is a definite deal breaker. Who knows what else may not be good, hence ship it to the Third World