We're getting back to the realm of:

"we really should wait and see the device in action before we decide if we like it or not"

:D :D :D

However, to get my quota up to $0.04, you are making the point many of us are trying to make (in a round-a-bout way) -- namely, RIM has always made such a point of having the super dooper patented technology QWERTY keyboard, that it seems like a misserable failure to introduce a keyboard with 2 letters per key that will almost by necessity require some sort of auto complete feature to work well.

$0.04 and counting...