If you're considering the Tilt Vs. an NIT, I would first say you should actually be thinking Tilt vs iphone or another Intelligent phone/device, to compare the 2 (tilt vs N800/810) just doesn't work.

I was this close to getting a Tilt a couple months ago, but instead went with the DUO. (at that time I believe the tilt was $399 list and the Duo $299 list (got mine considerably cheaper though) Realize the Duo is a lesser phone as it doesn't have WM6 Pro, touch screen, GPS, Wi-Fi, or that big MP camera. But I also already own an N800.

I'd not ever used WM6 (or prev. ver.) but had played with it on both phones, Pro has diff options etc. so WM6 vs WM6 Pro has some differences, but the overall experience is the same, EXTREMELY slow, and you have to go through umpteen menu's etc to do anything. One would probably not want to use a quote un quote smartphone all the time everyday.

I've used MS Windows since DOS/3.1 etc have some experience with dual boot Linux, not ever used OSX on a normal day to day basis (have played with it here and there) and I seriously can not stand WM.. You literally have to go through menu after menu after menu to do very simple things.

If I could do it all over again, I would either go with a Blackberry Device or Palm, hands down, and I can't believe I'm saying this but if today I could have 1 device and 1 device only I would get an iphone in a minute.

Have messed about with one a few diff times at the phone store and it totally blows away any MS mobile device and outside of doing anything command line driven etc. I think it has much better software then the NIT, the iphone is a really good device. I think Nokia does a much better job hardware wise but Apple just nails it with the software.

This is one reason why Apple has taken majority lead in mobile devices within a year or so already.

When Apple released the SDK for the iphone literally within hours there were hundreds of apps for the iphone/touch, and we are at about 3 years with Nokia and Maemo, and there are many apps but many times you have to jump through hoops to get apps to work.

This is one of the reasons why Linux on mobile devices (let alone desktop) will prob not ever pass or surpass MS, Apple, Palm etc,. Linux just isn't at this point ready for end users and the "everyday" user, people want simple point and click apps. At the end of the day Linux continues to be a tinkers' OS.

At the end of the day if you want a phone to pick up and call ppl and you also want to tinker with a mobile device I'd say then go ahead get a lesser phone and then an N800/810 or even an Asus EEE PC, but if you want 1 device to rule all and have easy access to programs, apps etc. then I'd have to say get an iPhone as much as this kills me to say.

(I just wish that here in the states we could get Nokia Smartphones and other phones through our Mobile provider, rather then to have to pay full price which is what we have now)