I'm not a nokia engineer, but my guess is that at least part of the reason for not including support is power mangement. Yes, they could have included the needed controllers to meet the USB compliance specs, but the engineers might have come back and said "if you do this, given existing battery tech, weight and dimension requirements, we will not be able to give you a full day of use."

Certainly, a lot of people here will legitimately say "this is a deal breaker for me" and mean it (unlike the compass issue, where I'm a bit disapointed, but more I think people are just blowing off steam). At the same time, if every review is saying this doesn't get nearly a day of usage, a greater number of people, with equal legitimacy, would say "this is a deal breaker".

That being said, I'm still on the fence. I've got the money, just trying to decide whether to shell out. Mostly the issue is, "hey, it's a lot of money". If Quim or GA or someone comes back and says "voila! 100% successful workaround!" I'll almost certainly pull the trigger. Without that, I'm not sure.