I think "wildly successful" needs to be quantified. The devices such as Psion found an incredibly strong following among some truly pioneering, ardent users. But were they "wildly popular" in general? No. Did they create and maintain a really dedicated legion of rabid fans? Oh yeah. They N800 has the same potential. Heck, I'd like to think the tablet platform can even exceed it, not just functionally but popularly... that all comes down to communication and execution.

Oh, and there's still some dissonance in your rebuttals, ragnar. One reason cell phones are incredibly more successful than PDAs could very well be their innate use combined with PIM functionality.

Finally, some of use see the cell phone as the companion device. That's the point you're not quite getting. We use the phone as a mere modem and the N800 as the main device. Isn't that one of the beauties of Skype? To that end, we want our phone contacts synced to the tablet, so we can call people via Skype. And it doesn't take "infinite resources" to accomplish this, ragnar, so I'm hoping we can avoid those silly exaggerations and pretend we're realistic adults here. It requires an extra head or three. Get Nokia to fund it. Based on the very obvious user feedback here, it will pay off. Or, keep telling the users (hyperbole ahead) they don't want what they want. Which tactic provides the most potential for success?