Had that phone too. Found it dreadful. Worst 2 months with that phone.

And I don't quite think that reading anything else written about the pre-production phone by users with less experience with Maemo than myself will change my opinion. If there's a need for a poll, set one up. However as it stands, all it took for me was a few, key people to say that it seemed tacked on.

I figured as much, thought it would have been... but seems like it's the case. I'll change my mind when I have a hands-on experience with the phone. I'm quite sure Maemo 5 is solid. I've been a Maemo user since Bora/Gregale.

Nothing scientific about it. I just don't find that prior information compelling. GigaOM is a Blackberry user, former iPhone user. Symbian, the phone portion was also tacked on, and I'm not a Symbian phone fan in the least.

And to reiterate, it's not just about the phone. I just have a lot less faith on Nokia delivering something in this step - 4 out of 5 - that will not end up being considered "DONOTFIX" in Maemo 5 and get fixed in Maemo 6. Burned twice already... not willing to pay for that lesson again. Too expensive.