You're not the target market, so of course you think this phone is a POS. You're right, in that this phone is missing some of the usual features from the common consumer-grade smartphones these days. But this isn't a consumer multimedia/whatchamajigger doodad-filled phone, it's a whupass straight-business phone.

I work as an IT consultant, and visit various development, call center, production/manufacturing, and other sites for financials/banks, health info processing, software, etc etc, in virtually every time zone. In 9 out of 10 of these offices and worksites, from Tokyo to Bangalore to London to San Francisco and Manila, workers are prohibited from having a camera with them because of security concerns. In two thirds, they are prohibited from having any sort of mass storage device. So every one of those fancy consumer smartphones ends up being locked away in a storage locker for the *entire* workday. In contrast, I come for a visit, show the phone to a security guard and say "no camera, no memory card" and they let me keep it. I use my smartphone for the workday, and have the business functions I need -- communications and access to my information. (And web/email/IM/ssh/etc, but they don't need to know that.)

Regarding HSDPA: The current M600i supports 384kbps UMTS, and Lizzy is spec'd to have both UMTS and 802.11. In the US, Cingular is the only provider for HSDPA, and average throughput is 500kbps. Hardly worth caring about, since signal coverage has a far greater effect on throughput. As for the M600/Lizzy/Elena being ugly, that's ok by me. The less it looks like an iPod or some other toy, the less I get hassled. The full-QWERTY rocker keypad works better for me than the chicklet-style. The scroll wheel works adequately in place of a d-pad, and is actually more convenient for answer/end. I will admit some bias: I like the M600 because it's smaller than most other full-keyboard smartphones, and easily pocketable. I think the new Palm Treo looks like a giant suppository and the Blackjack looks like an 80's solar calculator. But in the end, It's all about the function.