It was getting hard to keep track of all of the features for each of the contending devices for my wife's gift, so I decided to get quantitative.

I listed out all of the "killer apps" for portable electronics, in roughly the order in which they became mainstream. (Let me know if I missed something). I'm scoring the hardware, out-of-box software, and 3rd party software for each device on a 0-10 scale. The final score for each app is the harmonic mean of the hardware and software scores. Finally, I've guessed how important each might be to my wife and used that to get a weighted average.

I thought people here might be interested in how the N810 fares (below). Everything is obviously subjective, based on what I've read online, so let me know if you think I'm way off.

As you guys can see, the 3rd party software for the N810 really makes a difference. Otherwise, it would not be nearly as competitive. Congrats to all of the 3rd-party developers here.

Theres no FM radio on the 810 woulden't that be a 0? If this chart is for the 810 ?

It gets 2/10 for internet radio.

I used similar reasoning for the phone.

Wow - Interesting!

So I've decided not to get an N810 for my wife.

I think it's a great piece of hardware, with a lot of potential. If I had the time and money, it might be fun to pick one up and play around with it. But I don't have the time and money, and neither does my wife.

The software for the N810 kills it. In my case, the lack of PIM was probably the tipping point. Nokia needs to make the IT a real, usable product out-of-the box, especially for the price they charge. Once the IT realizes its potential and becomes a great product for end-users, I hope to buy one.

The IT reminds me of a scene from the movie "Swingers":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUa2atNxhfg

The N810 has plenty of claws and fangs. Dear Nokia: it's time to kill the bunny.