[gargoyle999]

I can only compare to a Blackberry Curve and iTouch. the HD2 is much bigger and heavier. So I will miss the small size on the Curve and the physical keyboard was nice for one handed operation that I can't do anymore.

The HD2 is about 1/4 inch wider than the iTouch and at least 1/2 inch longer.

Battery life is not great. But I guess with the large screen that is expected. I've already ordered 3 regular size spare batteries and have one extended battery on back order.

It will be a great phone to have when traveling or when I'll have something to put the phone in. It would fit in a pants pocket but definitely would not be unnoticeable. I bought a nice leather case for it that includes a belt holder. So I may have to go back to using one of those.

Funny how phones are going full circle as far as size.

I'm happy I bought it. One minor thing is the facebook app is not as useful as what I had on the Curve. Can't see replies. One thing that I really liked on the Curve that this phone does not have is the ability to be in silent mode but specify some numbers that would still ring.

I liked having my phone on silent but allowing it to ring if my wife called me.

Seems to be pretty fast. I had it downloading a movie, I was listening to Slacker radio and web surfing without any stutters.

Video playback is good from what I've seen with both playing part of a movie from Blockbuster and using Slingbox mobile software to watch my Tivo.

I found a .cab to enable wifi tethering as well and that seems to work. Only have given it brief testing so far.

I'm going on vacation in two weeks and hoping the plane(s) I'm on has the Gogo wifi on it and then I'll try to register for that onboard and try it out. Since I won't be traveling again until November, I don't want to start the 6 month free trial if the planes I'm on do not have the service available.