Not really. Most of the Nokia software is more of a bonus than a make or break issue.
But the lack of native VG TBT Nav in WP7 *is* a make or break issue for many people, so they buy the Nokia because it has free TBT but you have to pay HTC for the maps by comparison (and the Locations app didn't have TBT Nav until after Nokia started releasing phones, anyways) That's where I'm coming from.
There's also a number of apps that are exclusive to Nokia devices that aren't necessarily for Nokia's own services.
Wow, I would beg to differ. I had a Surround before the Titan that I just replaced and the camera on the Surround was crap compared to either one of these, even in good lighting. I agree the L900 camera is somewhat underwhelming but it's a heck of a lot better than that one.
When I say better it means I looked at things like color reproduction, noise level in the photos, etc. The Pink tinted HD2 photos I could fix in Photo Shop, the noisy images out of the L900 are a lot more troublesome (the HD2 also had noise, most cell phone cameras do, but some are clearly better than others).
I didn't just look at the photos on the phone screen (where almost anything looks good) and call it a day.
In any case, it doesn't matter, cause the camera on competing Mango devices (Focus S and Titan II) are clearly better and at the end of the day that's what most buyers will be choosing between on AT&T now that the costs are starting to come down on those. No one is buying HD2/7s and DVPs except on eBay or CL these days (intentional generalization). That exaggeration for more for effect than literal accuracy, to get the point across. My apologies.
HTC generally did not make top of the line camera until mid 2011 when they really started to put emphasis on it, so it doens't suprise me that the Surround had a terrible camera however I don't remember mentioning the HTC Surround in any of my posts... ...