Originally Posted by dagwud

You know what's really frustrating for me? Of course you don't. "Let me 'splain. No. There is too much. Let me sum up."

I used to be at the front of the acquisition curve! I had "it" before anyone else in the department.

I had a PalmPilot Pro - then a III - then a Vx - then an m500 just to get the SD expansion - then an m515 because Palm improved the color screen. Then I sat around for a few years before buying a Palm TX 3 years back.

Slowly, ever so slowly, I went from being "the geek with the cool new gadget" to "the old coot with the outdated hardware."

That, my friends, was a PAINFUL realization.

Originally Posted by ARJWright

I know its sad that others have cooler gadgets that work with less pain that you; but that's when you as the user at the very edge of the curve needs to take a look at what's next and move there. Only then can the circle of tech life come back around to that point where you will be at the front, and others will be waiting for you to get the bugs out so that you don't look as cool anymore.

Originally Posted by Cruelkix

Really? I hate that crap. I always turn teh voices and sounds off. Drives me crazy. All you need is the map. Maybe a chime to tell you when a turn is coming up, but the voices, oh the voices, how I hate them. "Make a U-turn" ugh

Originally Posted by sjgadsby

I had hoped Nokia might begin the developer device program earlier this time, before the announcement/release even. I'd like to see developers have devices in their hand quickly after the release this time. In the past there's been some awkwardness with new-device-holding users begging for fixes, tweaks, and enhancements from developers still waiting for coupons.

EDIT: As qole correctly points out below, it's a bit early for me to write Nokia off already. The device announcement hasn't come yet, and there may be plenty of time between it and the release for Nokia to run a developer device program. My apologies.

Originally Posted by gerbick

Although I like the device, I've lived with my current phone in one iteration or another for almost 2 years.

I used my tablet to augment the things my iPhone couldn't do, vice versa. And oddly enough, I don't like carrying around my music on my phone - kills the battery when I might actually need it.

I'm not the typical user though, not by a longshot. Hearing what level of Flash will be supported, the commitment to the platform - sorta need to hear that this will be updated at least a few times and not just one minor update then dropped.

Also, hearing what vendors will be backing this... and gotta ask. Is there not a forward facing camera?

I'm on the fence, as it stands in this iteration as a phone. But I think Nokia has done a good job.

Originally Posted by pataphysician

There seems to be two things above the microphone, one rectanglish and above that, one round, the round could be a front facing low resolution web cam.

Originally Posted by Jayayess1190

Two questions:

1. Is this thick? Kind of looks like it.

2. Will it be available without phone features/contract?