You are saying 90 degrees right? The point is, what about one-hand operation while walking? Since S60v5 and Maemo are both owned by Nokia, why don't they somehow merge some important features and capabilities of their OS, like for instance, alphanumeric keypad from S60v5 (N97, 5800) to Maemo.
They're maemo and MeeGo... "Meamo!" sounds like what Zorro would say to catherine zeta jones... after she slaps him for looking at her dirtily...