I've never used the term "fanboy" towards you. If so, please quote me and I will apologize for it.

I have been rather verbose in all of my answers so far. And as it stands, you have one opinion; I have one. Last I checked, we're both allowed.

You state your case rather well, imho. So I've taken nothing personal from our exchanges. In fact, it's rather refreshing to talk about our differences, or even likenesses, and not have it dwindle into some shouting match.

I'm addressing the "fanboy" statement merely because you had quoted me earlier. Thus if my assumption is incorrect that you were still addressing me, it would be based on being previously quoted.

I fear that you want me to address your statements directly when honestly I've acknowledged that I'm quite aware of the prior, pre-production positive reviews out there. However, I'm not exactly a fan of pre-production reviews due to the nature of whom has stated what exactly - a Blackberry fan (GigaOm), a Symbian repository (which while detailed, their take will be different than my own) and likewise.

That part was overlooked somehow and my reliance on an "off-the-cuff" comment came simply because it was from the perspective of somebody that shared my same type of usage style, background in experience in Maemo and thus their experience would likely be closer to mine than the aforementioned users. Does it make that an exact science, as exact as a poll? No. But we're talking opinions... which are as scientific as me looking at the sun in the sky and guessing what time it is...

The part I'm starting to finally get slightly annoyed about is how I'm defending my own opinion ad nauseum. There's no need. Let's just kindly state that we will agree to disagree. My patience, my own patience that is... is very low compared to yours. That's your stance.

Mine is different. Portrait support is low on my list of problems. Inability to make video calls with Skype - which starts and stops with that vendor, not Nokia - is just the start of my reason(s) for hesitating. But as far as it goes, my reasons equate to my prerogative.

So in conclusion, I already knew about the reviews you've linked to. I also know of others that were so speculative that I'd rather not consider them for anything other than stuff I should ignore.

I'll form my own opinions based upon my own criteria; and largely that has to do with the type of user I am, the functionality I wish to have in what I consider a phone/pocket computer. And thus far, I am not convinced.