I popped into my local Orange shop today to see what deals I could negotiate on my contract if I was to buy the N9 sim free. The answer was, rather disappointingly 'we wouldn't do a deal, i'm afraid. you could continue on your contract as-is' - so this looks to be an expensive couple of years for me, phone wise.

Ok, I thought, let's try a different tack - 'are there any plans for Orange to carry the N9?'. 'Hm, I read an article that it isn't even coming to the UK so I think we're pretty unlikely to'.

I really do think we've got an uphill battle if we want carriers in the UK to offer the N9, folks.