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#126
Perfect! ...well, almost.

I find my N810 most valuable when I travel - for the media player, web, e-mail, notetaking, reference docs, and GPS. But I recently tried walking around a foreign city with the N810, mobile phone, and camera in my pockets. It was just too much kit. I concluded my next phone would have to provide all these functions in one box.

And if it is a phone and thus always with me, it must be smaller than the current Maemo devices. I don't really want a smaller screen, but I can't see any way around it given the overall size. Anyway, the N810's screen is already too small for me to see an 80 column terminal font. I'll be satisfied if Fremantle brings good kinetic scrolling and continuous zooming.

The keyboard is what could be really bad. The current <Fn> + top row for numbers is incredibly awkward. Here it looks like it'll be even more difficult to find the ever-more-necessary special keys by touch.

Then there's the matter of T-Mobile...somewhat less of a presence in my area than AT&T and Verizon. I do hope there will be an unlocked version available.