[neodorian]

Realistically? I think a proper incremental release would give us a similar device but
-bigger higher res screen
-thinner form but keep the slide out qwerty
-at the very least 256mb RAM but preferably 512
-all the RAM doesn't matter without a modernized OS. Like it or not but the iPhone really raised the bar for that. If an Android or Ubuntu Mobile or even WinMo 7 came out to keep us up to par then it would be cool
-working GPS out of the box
-working 3d acceleration, maybe via one of nvidia's new mobile chips

I think that with a better form factor/screen, keeping the qwerty, perfecting the gps, and giving us a modern 3d accelerated OS, the successor would be perfectly worth me upgrading. I would love all the crazy 1ghz cpu, 32gb storage ideas floating around out there but eventually you end up with the HTC advantage and you spend a fortune. I want it lean enough that the battery lasts and it's cost effective but I want the key features of phone, web, email, media, gps, etc. to have enough power behind them to work flawlessly out of the box.