I'm probably not going make friends here, but I've just had two cups of strong coffee so I feel compelled to stick my head up in this thread.
Now bare with me for a second.

The first post stated that the reason for asking for a Bluetooth switch was to conserve battery power. So, my first question is, has anyone measured how much additional drain having Bluetooth switched on and idling puts on the battery. I.e say, 5 complete charge-discharge cycles leaving BT switched on, but not using it (that's important), versus 5 complete charge-discharge cycles with BT totally switched off..?! "Just a thought, like".

If the difference is minimal, I would wholeheartedly support Nokias' decision to remove BT control and stick it on by default. The reason for that is that those pesky users (not us surely ) sometimes forget to switch BT on before using, and that results in confusion and confusion results in support calls, angry blog postings etc, etc. And the less options you have, the less can go wrong.

Looking at myself (remember I don't own an IT, yet), I'd probably want a BT control widget by default. I'm such a control freak that it makes me feel good seeing the icon there. However, also, knowing myself, I'd probably leave it turned on all the time, probably because I'm lazy and can't be bothered.

... Now, where's my flame-******ant coat...?