@traveller, @icerabbit

I, too, have used and loved the keyboard (and everything) about the psions, but fantastic though they are, I couldn't walk down the street while sending a message, or lounge comfortably in a chair and use one. they worked best when sitting at a desk, where you could place it on a hard surface and type naturally.

The only time I ever do this with my n800, I use a bluetooth keyboard, which is even better to type on than a psion. So for me, the idea of a slide-out keyboard is perfect, and I don't want the slide-and-tilt that a lot of people are asking for too. But I will have to test the spacing on the top row before I part with my hard-earned.

For some reason I never got on with the communicators. Probably because I first played with one after using a windows mobile device extensively, I just instinctively expected them to be touchscreen