Seeing the mixed reactions on this forum, I thought to voice my opinion as well. I am a former N900 and Palm Pre3 user and I think this would work great for using the accents. Since we will be thumb typing anyway, I think having a software row of accents along the edge of the screen might be great addition to the keyboard, and add finesse to the text when needed. I have heard in reviews the curved edge of the screen is easily accessible with the fingers from the keyboard, so this could add a way to dynamically interact with keyboard input.
I also like the idea of having a sticky key, but t