I wonder myself why this clear desing bug is a WONTFIX. Several other companies realized themself a long time ago that there must be a swipe to answer when the device was locked. A device is the most time locked because of a good reason!

Look at HTC, Apple... swipe for answer, because the proximity sensor works only sometimes in this case. And Nokia themself realized this!
At their Touchscreen 5800 Mobile they have Buttons on the touchscreen. When Buttons are so good, why have they replaced this at the Nokia N97 with "swipe to answer"?

And why have we a swipe to unlock when we press the power Button instead of a simple button on the touchscreen?

This is a inconsistent design!

Hmm... it seems Nokia and the Symbian team realized this themself. Only the Nokia Team haven't unterstood that the N900 is now small enought for a pocket. It's not longer a Desktop system!

And they say themself here at Bug 5982 #3 it could get part of a future Maemo planning.

This is really disappointing. We've got the device and problems now. When there is not a solution for fremantle comming, we need a fast workaround until Maemo 6 is relased.