Are there actually people who wouldn't buy the n900 if it didn't have usb charging? I know some people want it, but would it actually be a deal breaker. one can easily create a "single" cable by taping a usb cable to the usb to nokia charging point cable, ca-100, so now you have one cable that's not very big, though it requires two free usb ports. Nokia also makes a cable, ca-126, with a single usb port to a nokia charger point and micro usb, which would only need one usb port on the pc, is there a problem with this straightforward solution?

While usb host is not important to many of people, it is an absolute deal breaker for some of us, whereas I can't really see that being true for usb charging.