.... For the time being I trust that Nokia will resolve this. This can change in a matter of days, depending on what they choose to do with my broken N900![/QUOTE]

My N900 is too new to have this problem, but I did fine a similar one with Sharp Zaurus SL-6000's power switch. Seems the Asian manufacturers want to go cheap and surface solder such moving parts rather than go thru-the-holes. You know, that means having to drill x-number of holes, waste time positioning the various user interactive switches, and then having to physically examine the results for solder bridges and the like. Time wasting, production limiting, profit reductions such as those.

But they seems to have lotsa time to deal with irate consumers! If they deal with them at all......