Out of curiosity, what dumber phone did you end up settling with? Is it a different pre-suck Nokia or something else? I had an e71 which I really liked but Finnish rain killed it in a bag I thought was waterproof.

I have an n900 now but I really hate lugging it around. I'm currently looking at a 701 or the N9 because I don't want to pay out the wazoo for AT&T required data plans in the US. Not sure if I would survive without QWERTY, though.