Went to bed at 4am last night... I AM NOW OFFICIAL MIGHTYFIED!!!! Thanks to smopoim86 for all his help, and everyone else 
I am LOVING it so far, what a great revamp and upgrade over WinMo 6.1
Does anyone have any suggestions for any new apps or tweaks above/beyond this that they have enjoyed? Thanks a lot once again - I'm pumped!
PS: I like the screen-shots a lot of people are posting up around here from their phones, how can I install something like that? I have looked and re-looked through all my programs, and I can't seem to find something with screen-shot built in.
PSS: The built-on HTC WiFi sharing worked on the first try with both laptops I tried it on simultaneously in the same room!
The wifi connection cuts out every 6-7 minutes and then re-connects though, is this normal?
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August 12th... Droid-2! Still undecided; but leaning toward purchasing, as a phone to "tide" me over (according to great advice from ckeegan) until truly remarkable devices are released from Verizon fully operation on 4G networks in 2012!