Pdonner's post about their new N810 got me thinking. We've seen 3 generations of tablets (or 2.5 depending on your viewpoint) and it struck me:

Nokia is playing a game of 'Here ya go! Just kidding!' with each generation.

When the 770 gave way to the N800 the hard cover was lost (find me someone who wasn't cheesed at that besides the people that didn't understand the concept of sliding the case up 3mm and sliding the stylus out in about 0.2 seconds.)

When the N800 gave way to the N810, they yanked out all that juicy storage space. Not only did they not go for 8GB internal to try to soothe people, they bumped it down to 2GB in what was most likely a move to keep the already ridiculous cost down.

(And apparently the GPS they made room for sucks based on what I've been reading.)

What gives? What is going through the head of the person deciding which features to nix and which to include on each new generation? (The two things I brought up are what I think are some of the most important.)

*Edit: I should also mention I think things like material, appearance, location of things like the d-pad are a matter of preference.

Discuss!