One truly awesome response daperl.

I'm aware of the Google Talk plugin working, which is for me, halfway to where I need it to be. GTalk + Skype and maaaaan, I'd be one eating crow but happy camper.

And to be honest, I don't think the iPhone 4G will be my answer either - as much grief as I give folks about the lack of acceptance of the "walled garden", it's been rubbing me the wrong way too. In fact, I think I've openly stated that a few times here and there in this thread. Ultimately, I truly wanted it to be the N900 that would be my answer.

Maybe the next outing. I just would love the developers and the consumers to get what they're lacking from Nokia.

Again daperl... awesome post. Thanks for sharing.