Yeah, the camera button is placed good for taking pictures and lousy for using your phone. I press it all the time almost in tandem with my power button, so when I wake my phone up it starts the camera.
S2U2 thread can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=353008 (I know a Google link was posted, but I thought I'd go the extra mile
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