Everyone outta just relax about phone functions and all the little features they want. It's a new phone with a new (as a phone) OS and not every little thing will be perfect immediately. But I'm sure most concerns will be addressed quickly. A bit of patience will get well rewarded. I average 15-20 calls, several messages, many emails a day and burn through around 2000 minutes a month. And I'm STILL not worried. It'll work well enough and even better soon. As a comparison, when I first got my (pre-ordered) G1 it was also a new phone with a totally new OS. With the exception of the notifications system, Android was woefully basic and underdeveloped. Had about 6 apps available, an email client so basic and unreliable as to be almost unusable, not-so-hot browser, no bluetooth, etc. etc. etc. The 'nope' list was pretty long. Plus, the only Android phone, the G1, had very limited memory and was not too speedy. But Android still succeeded and not just as a 'niche' product, but in a big way with general public users. Developers quickly stepped up, wrote some apps - and we see an explosion of Android hardware only a year later. The N900/Maemo combo seems to me to be already way ahead of where the G1/Android was a year a go when Google and T-Mobile decided they were ready for public release with much fanfare. The hardware is already there, there's already experienced Maemo developers. Just need to add a few things to Maemo, do a little tweaking. No sweat. So like I said - I'm not worried at all, this will work out fine. But I am gettin' kinda tired of waiting...