I'm on the fence. Can I afford it? Yes. Would I need to deal with contract issues? No. Would I really WANT to spend $700 (supposedly) on an IT with a phone (which is basically what it is), I'm not all that sure. Would it be convenient to not have to tether to get an internet connection? Yep.

I like the demo but honestly I look at what I use my N800 for and for me I don't need all that. I won't be editing movies or photos on it, podcasts work just fine with my current setup, so does GV, Pidgin etc.

The biggest issue for me right now is that apps are going to go fremantle only soon after this comes out and I'll be stuck with stuff with no improvements at all.

In the end I may end up getting an 810 so that I can get the KB, which I want, and the built in GPS which is convenient.

If it goes on sale for $500 US I will probably bite since I did pay a combined ~500 on the n800 taking into account the external GPS, External KB, Extra battery, SD cards and a phone I could tether with. Getting the N900 would account for GPS, KB and phone costs, but not at 7 bills.