Am I the only person for whom the PopPort is probably a deal breaker. I went through countless hands-free earpieces on old Nokia handsets because the damned dongle connectors kept breaking. We are rapidly approaching 2007. How can Nokia still be producing handsets that require flimsy proprietary protruding dongles, instead of clean solid miniUSB ports and 3.5mm audio jacks? RIM is relatively new to the voice business and they got that right. The mp3 RAZRs have proprietary headphones that attach to the miniUSB hub, but at least a miniUSB connection is sturdy. With this N75 you have a very sleek looking handset with great features, but in order to listen via a wired headset, one will need to a attach a tumor-like, flimsy dongle that will protrude from the side. A bluetooth headset would eliminate that annoyance, but why couldn't they include a meager little 3.5mm audio jack? Is that too much to ask?
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
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