Thank you so much! (: Glad to have a reason to emerge from lurkerdom.
I must say, I've had plenty of my own concerns about the physical keyboard (including the fact that the space bar seems to wobble some from side to side), but mostly, I just wonder if the amount I use it will rub away at the letters, or at least the secondary letter markings...no idea how those keys will react to wear! I suppose once Swype is available in the Market, I won't be worrying about the physical keyboard much anymore