The only interesting thing to me about speculating is the why. And my opinion is that every reason Nokia has given or will give for the following decisions has been or will be bullsh*t. And by bullsh*t I mean that Nokia continues to sacrifice a good computing experience for a trendy one.

• Removal of dpad from outside case
• Removal of stylus and stylus holder from product
• Removal of stylus keyboard from application framework
• Eventual removal of resistive touch screen

I didn't add "built-in stand" to this list because I'm giving Nokia the benefit of the doubt that new products will by similar to the N97 where the keyboard doubles as the stand. But in time, that will go too.