Aw, thank you! The video quality wasn't too high (stupid WMM), but for the audio, I used my husband's podcasting setup. Of course I had to rerecord several times because I kept tripping over my own tongue!

In spite of the scads of friends I could probably get to come vote for me, I've refrained. If I win, great! If not, I'll save my pennies for the N800 most likely; the N810 is quite a bit beyond my budget. That's the stay-at-home-mom thing -- if I went back to work, I'd get hit with a massive daycare bill for the two kids in exchange for a bit more spending money. Doable, maybe, but I'd rather spend more time with the kids (and husband, I suppose!), even if it means less extra spending money. Ah well.

But I have to say, this contest HAS brought more awareness of the Nokia N8xx products to my friends, family, and other acquaintances. I literally stumbled across the device's existance due to the randomness of engadget, leading me to Dan's blog. Certainly it would be great if Nokia saw fit to recognize some or even all of the video entries with a free (or even developer-priced!) N810, but I'm not holding my breath.

-Jennifer

We just did a bunch of free advertising for them... why would they waste that by equalling things out with product giveaways?

(There are some things allowed in my bed... my girlfriend, the cats, but certainly not corporations.)

At least none of us are walking around wearing "Nokia IT" tee shirts.

Can't speak for my youngest son, who had to wear his maemo shirt when he visited me at work Monday...

At least he dodged the booth with the hot coals and the Nokia brand. A forehead's a terrible thing to waste.

I liked the motorcycle one. I use it for the same thing. Also its difficult to bring a laptop around on trips on a motorcycle.

The few times I have worked on my bike (I prefer to get a pro to meddle with something which such potential for death and destruction) my hands have been far too dirty to touch my beloved electronics. Do you wipe before returning to the keyboard or do you just not stick your fingers into the greasy bits?

Probably has a 'Sunday' stylus and a greasy one.

grrrr, why is Pkicktalk winning? honestly i don't think he deserves to win, especially as he's some fancy documentary person. he probably has enough cash to buy his own damn tablet. /bitter poor person

If you have to ask then you are right to have someone else work on your bike.

I just think it's worth noting here that Nokia has just given away 500 N810 discounts with an average value of roughly 400 dollars (depends on end-price, currency exchange rates etc). That's 200,000 dollars of generosity - on ONE product.