With a simpler UI you attract more casual people. The hackers and power users can still use the device and modify it to suit their needs (unless they cry over paying 50 USD more due to HS*PA chipset). Heck, they'll be running Deblet by that time. Point is that these casual people don't get vendor locked-in by some evil corporation, and they're able to dabble more into the world ov Linux and open source, or at the very least the Extras repositories.

Good point, but the question to ask is: do you often change your mode between stylus and finger? I believe the answer is no. Optionally one can bind a hardware key to this functionality.

LOL while commuting? Are you kidding??? They're overcrowded you can't even sit. Sometimes you can't even enter the damn thing because its too full. Then stupid kids are trying to steal your stuff, or playing music out loud. No thanks. But if you can enter it, you can use your NIT while standing. With some kind HS*PA sharing user you even got connectivity. Anyway, its not really an argument against responsible behaviour in a car. Some people drive a car while they shouldn't. Some are good drivers. Some situations are safe; some dangerous.

If you still don't get why using the WiFi applet sucks with finger, maybe go try it out, perhaps you understand then...

And someone who sees 'touchscreen' as 'just another pointer device' simply does not understand how different the UI of a stylus and/or finger based UI is compared to conventionel (desktop) usage. Suggestion: install some finger friendly applications and try 'em out...