It's funny...

As a key player in the original advancement of these products (I was on the N800 launch team) I'm biased-- BUT, toward the "slate" form factor. I expressed disappointment early on with the N900 screen size. That was a dealbreaker (and still is) for some of my uses (car GPS for instance).

And yet... the N900 surprised me. I'm more of a slider phone guy and even at that my favorite all-time phone has been the E71 slim qwerty device. I did not expect to actually enjoy a touchscreen phone because I'm very tactile when it comes to communication devices.

And yet... I have thoroughly enjoyed this thing the past few weeks. Yes, it has some annoying quirks (like the jumbled up call log details) but for phone use I have not seen a single showstopper-- and I expected to.

So consider me reconsidered. I'd still make some hardware changes (like put the d-pad back on the front) but this is a damn nice device. And I say that despite being someone whose job Nokia management eliminated.