Why on earth would anyone want a sim card slot for 3G however not for making a phone call also ?

To me, they both go hand in hand. Thanks for reminding me that when I advocate phone call capability that I need to tell people that its for general 3G purposes also.

You would assume anyone would know that but you just proved to me that there are apparently folks out there that would like a sim card slot just for 3G and then another sim card for their cell phone.

Convergence takes care of that type of stuff where youre carrying around a camera, a cell phone, a video recorder, a garmin gps, etc., etc., etc.

THe N9XX needs a sim card slot and a better camera. Those are the missing pieces it needs to really take off and move away from its current limited, "niche device" status.