I love the Bold 9000 look and wouldn't mind if the Dakota is the exact same design. It's a classic - and the perfect size and form factor for me.
I just hope RIM doesn't make the mistake of shrinking it down to the 9700 series size. That was a really big mistake for RIM.
I know many corporate users who refused to upgrade their Bold 9000 phones because they thought the keyboards on the new 9700 series were too small and fiddly.