[Sheena]

It's like the designers are going backwards! Yes, the extra memory (& it being flash) is going in the right direction, but *less* buttons? No joystick? Did anyone actually use this thing?

BTW, I'm a proud owner of a 7501 & my 2 pet peeves on it are the tiny joystick as well as the 1/2-size stylus. With all that extra space, why can't both be at least 1/3 bigger? Now with no joystick at all, how do I page-down on ebooks, etc? I bought my Advantage mainly to read & the screen is to die for, so I can live with the not-so-perfect bits, but I certainly won't be upgrading it in the same brand if this is how they're "improving".

Oh, and the keyboard? Sure it works nice as a stand since there's no cradle, but what I like best about mine is that I can dump it in my backpack (away from my credit cards) & forget it exists.

Anyone out there from HTC? More buttons, please; bigger buttons! Remember most people will put it in a case, the tiny half-recessed ones on the 7501 need a nail to get pressed. Forget about the keyboard, leave that for the texting crowd, the rest of us use the screen (plenty of real estate there) & the indispensable buttons: power, joystick, ok, camera, communications, browser, plus programmed extra functions on them (flip screen, lock, etc). There's room to make them bigger & more convenient. Some of us even manage to use this big boy one-handed! How about a separate USB for charging? That way we can connect whatever while on a/c power.

Here's hoping there's a 7520 in the future that may make me feel like spending all that $ again. For now my finances are thankful even if the inner geek is pouting.

Rosie