Something practical, fuel efficient and not too big.
Volvo V50 1.6D DRIVe.
A colleague has one, it's compact, extremely practical and gives him about 60 mpg. If you want to be a little higher up, a Golf Plus Bluemotion or Focus C-Max Econetic?
My technophobe fiancée hates the Android operating system on her HTC Wildfire but absolutely adores the Apple OS. As such if you want something that is primarily easy to use I would go for an iPhone.
Yep, 'The Heart of Everything' is superb, they played two songs from it at the gig. 'The Howling' and 'Our Solemn Hour.'
I strongly recommend their new album 'The Unforgiving,' a little more commercial then their prior work but extremely well crafted.