I find it quite amusing how hard it is for most people to accept change... So the new tablet will likely have a slide out keyboard. I wouldn't use it much either, but it could be useful in the future. Besides, we still don't really know if it's even a keyboard yet. It could be an advanced stand mechanism, some sort of new hard cover for the device, or a new way to access the camera. I'll wait to see the device in action before coming to the conclusion that the "rumored" keyboard is useless too. We haven't even seen the actual device yet, and people are going into panic mode about this thing! Just wait a while for device to actually show it's true form. You may be just as surprised by it's coolness as you were when the N800 first showed up around here.