what he's trying to say Andriod has reached the hands of user. Plus the abundant of softwares available. Maturity level of andriod is definitely better, with the newly launched donut 1.6 . If maemo needs to catch a piece of pie, it needs to work hard in coming out more application or functionality to the device.

Only the phone feature will work in portrait mode. So if you turn the phone to landscape it should display the keypad if not mistaken. Similar to squall's post, this phone is design to work in landscape mode. Look at the logo's position.

Don't worry, If you can't wait there is still another option. Get the one made by China.

Because everyone is discussing on the other thread.

Tentative 19th October in Europe & US. Rumour has it, that they're delaying it till end of the month. Delay is due to some firmware issue.

Preorder is available on nokia webpage but for euro and us only. Don't think it's the same as SE has already breached the East Asia's market