Texrat - it seems Nokia have decided we should be using the N800 in a way that quite a few of us have stated is just not possible. The case seems to have been dropped due to the Nokia philosophy of "always on". Unfortunately, that's just not possible in the real world for a whole variety of reasons, and it simply doesn't work in practice either - if I lock the screen on my N800 and slip it in my pocket the N800 proceeds to illuminate the pocket until the battery gives out due to the touchscreen being in contact with other objects.

I'm not even debating about the case though - the case issue can be resolved through accessories (it would have been nice to have one as standard however).

No, the issue is that the 770 case provided a dual function - not just protection but also putting the device into a "standby" state which disabled the wireless and prevented the battery from running down. It's this latter functionality we (definately I) want returned however the noises from Nokia appear to be "You're wrong, you don't want that, it's better the way it is". Well it's not - give us a the 770 case-on standy functionality back (and not using the power button which is a pain to press and takes too long to effect). Some of us work in high security/confidential environments and having an always-on connected device in the pocket is not a good idea.

See bug #943 for details - Nokia may need to accept they've made a design mistake by not including a case, they can help correct that by restoring the "case-on" event function to one of the front facing hardware buttons.