My 2 cents:
1) Will Android play WMA files? Not that important to me, but I did convert about 4GB worth of music on my SD card to WMA to save space. I would need to grab and organize the originals from my PC.
* I had an all WMA library as well - At the time I switched to the EVO in June I found no great WMA player, so I mass changed all the WMA files to MP3 - with a free trial of a WMA to MP3 converter...Did a batch setup overnight and done. I am not saying you have to, it was just what I did.
2) Is Google Maps good enough to replace iGO8 for navigation? Are there any navigation apps that have maps that are saved locally?
*It works great - and the added plus of not tying up SD card space. BUT...I have run into times now when I have been in the SC/NC mountains without signal and not had routing....had to go back to the paper maps
. Now you can make a route and drive through any no-signal area and it will be fine - BUT if you are in a no-signal area and want to make a new route - you are S.O.L. As such I have added Mydrive to my unit just in case - but will only use it when I have no signal and want to make a route.
3) Is the phone too big? Is it pocket-able? This thing looked pretty beastly...
* Compared to your TP2? - No. - granted I use seido clip holsters to my belt.
4) Has it changed your life the way an iPhone change some people's? Just wondering since each WM phone I upgraded too seemed to have just marginal improvements....
* - Yes. I have been a WM fanboy since ~ 2000..using PDA's and then switching to WM phones with a sero plan (500/$30). (iPAQ 3600, Toshiba E740, iPaq 4700, 6700, Touch, Touch Pro, Touch Pro 2) I thought I would never switch. Then Windows 7 Mobile info started coming out with all the new limitations (no sd cards, cut and paste...etc...) and I started looking beyond. In my case it meshed well with a decision to go from 2 Sero plans and the need to add my 2 kids and carry 4 lines....I was able to dump/transfer my Sero plans and jumped on the family plan. With a 15% empoyee discount it works out to about $35 per phone...not counting the EVO extra fee of $10.
*The single best thing about Android for me over the TP2 was the Pinch to zoom....it has made web browsing something I will do casually rather than something I would only do as necessary on the TP2. The EVO is also MUCH snappier - perhaps a hair under what an iPhone does, but the EVO can do so much more.
*I had gotten extended batteries on all my WM phones - except the TP2...it was the only one that would basically last me a day between charges. With the EVO I must say the battery lasts the least of all phones I have ever owned, but I would not trade it or lose any features to make it last longer.....Instead a cheap ebay 3500ma battery for $13 keeps me going most of the day now.
5) I have 3 email accounts (work, personal, school)... any problems switching from outlook to the native email client?
*This should be mostly transparent - with the exception of HTML email.....Android actually shows most HTML email fairly well, something I never saw on the TP2.
Come on in the waters fine!