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Originally Posted by pelago View Post
Are the new devices going to be finger-only, i.e. not come with a stylus? I ask because http://maemo.org/development/sdks/ma...lpha_overview/ says that the stylus keyboard has been removed, and the window/app close button is much larger than before.
i think i remember reading somewhere that yes, i'll need to buy a stylus as an extra 3rd party accessory. can't remember/find the source, though, which makes this info pretty unreliable.

i was disappointed at first about the removal of the stylus keyboard: a lot of things just dont work well with the thumb keyboard: chatting, x-terminal, frequent use of numbers,...

i guess it just doesn't matter, though, as long as there's a hardware keyboard. i own an N800, so i couldn't live without the stylus variant, but i hope N810-owners will confirm that hardware keys are even better.