In one sense it doesn't matter what drove the creation of the N810WE-- you're not tied to using Sprint as a WiMAX provider if you buy one. At least, not by contracts...

And you guys shouldn't get so worked up over the specs of one device, anyway, given that this will surely be a product family... someday, anyway. Now, some will be irritated that each progressive release may have much better features, and if the next device supports an unwanted SIM and perhaps costs an additional $XX for the luxury I can understand why they would be put off. But I think people will be surprised at the eventual cost. While you may not buy a Palm Centro solely for PDA purposes, you just *might* find the "NxxxHSPA" useful AND cost-acceptable even if you don't make cell calls with it.

And if nothing else, it becomes a backup phone (if/when the cell voice service is supported of course, or via VoIP)... and that's not a bad thing.

No idea.