OK, I believe this descerves a bump.
All the big brains out there doing registry tweaks and no one's tried to re-map the "Start Browser" button on the Manila Internet tab?
***OK, I FINALLY found the answer here:
Confirmed working on my TP2:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=548770
Just wanted to update this post in case anyone found it using the search function...