Ok, few more questions: does the n900 have a sound recorder? I found one review claiming it does - but it also claimed mms and java capabilities, so I'd take that with a pinch of salt. One of the things I'm going to need over the next few months is a decent mp3 recorder - and I'd prefer not to have to buy a dedicated piece of kit.

In fact, to be honest I'm finding a pile of reviews with quite conflicting info about exactly what this phone does and doesn't have. Several places say java - do they just assume it will? (The same seems to go for mms). (I have also seen places that claim it will recieve analogue TV and carry two sims - but that was in the States, so I'm guessing it has a different spec out... unless I'm supposed to carry a freeview box in the other pocket...)

Another small item I can't spot is speaker phone... surely? Or is that also taken for granted? (Actually - just seen that option in one of the videos, so it would appear to be 'yes but we didn't bother to mention it' which may also be true of mp3 recording?)The same goes for 'documents to go' one review says its included as read-only - others don't mention it in the specs. I usually rely on gsm arena as the most reliable spec/review place... but I'm not confident even about them this time!

I gathered somewhere that the Nice Machine will actually be available for sale to those at the summit... can I assume someone here will get an 'as sale' version and clear all this up?

I am also assuming the nokia and friends will invest fairly big time and fairly soon in creating some Very Easy to Install Apps. Apple are selling the iphone on its range of apps right now, so if nokia are after that market, they need to be competetive. Open source is a brilliant idea... but not if you need to speak perl to actually install anything. (Speaking of apps, I see tweetdeck runs on ubuntu... now there's a port I could get behind - and if you're thinking about it, you have customer here who believes in donationware and actually does cough up a few bucks for a good piece of freeware!)

I actually dreamt about smartphones last night (including my late lamented treo 600!).

I can't help feeling that this is the nearest I have seen to what I am seeking - which is best defined as "A thinking persons iphone".