What about all the 770/N800/N810/N810WE people that either preferred to make it lighter without a keyboard (the way MOST phones are being done these days) or couldn't care either way, or even still would prefer it but for all the advantages would even give it up? You're assuming, while I'm leaving open the possibility of a series of other combinations of N900 owners (or those of us who preferred to wait for something better).

I, for one, wouldn't mind a keyboard but I'm just as happy without one. (Hell, I barely use the one on my Droid except only when I'm ssh'ing around because it's just easier that way.) Hell, on both my N800 and my Droid, if I'm going to be deep into typing a lot, I usually just unfold my pocket-sized folded, full-size unfolded, bluetooth keyboard.

Yeah, agreed there. My initial reaction was elation but I've since settled back down to my cynical seating position and I'm skeptically re-reading the wording and waiting to hear more details. Still, I like that they at least have put themselves into the position of embracing the open-source community. Not that we didn't already hear this sort of speech before from Nokia.

I like to imagine the Penguins from the Madigascar movie eying this suspiciously and saying, "Wait and see, boys. Wait and see."