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Quicky Review:

Background:

I had 6600,6700,6800,6900 (10 months on 6900).

6900 had stock 6.1 mobile Sprint ROM. GPS worked 90% of the time. Voice Command had issues.

So far I'm borderline impressed with the 6950.

Pros:

Self Activation worked great.
Screen is great (for most things see below).
Speaker is good (Speakerphone and Earpiece).
VOICE COMMAND CONFIRMATION WORKS on BT Headset (loud and clear).
Wifi worked fine.
USB HDD Drive mode worked nicely (copied iGuidance maps in like under 10 minutes).
Syncing with Vista went smooth and fast <Subsequent Syncs to Dual PC's Failed, See my Post on switch to Exhancge>.
First GPS Lock in like 5 seconds.
* Pulling stylus out turns on device is nice.

Cons:

Scrolling is still sloppy, nothing even close to an iPhone.
The screen is stiff in some areas (mainly upper right OK, and Right side scroll requires more pressure than the rest of the screen.
Opera Mini very hard to use because of the itty bitty font, it's unware of VGA screen. (web pages are fine and you can adjust font).
I did not use the Cube on 6900, but did run HTC Today Plugin which had the 4 tabs. Once Click to get to everything I need quickly. I liked the integrated Windows Mobile Today and HTC Plugin. It's now completely burried and I can't run standard Today Plugins (i.e. no weather panel). It's either TouchFlow 3D or Weather panel, but not both.
Buttons at bottom very sloppy. You never know when they might click.
Rotation to Landscape is a crap shoot and slow when it does work.
My friend could slide his finger along the HTC Tab and smoothly flow through the choices. For some reason I can't do it.
Miss the Stylus Reset hole for quick reset.
Gets hot with even modest use.
Internet seems very slow.
Opera Mobile is a Joke and Keeps failing on pages intermittently.

Update: I'm starting to love it.

Finally switched to Exhange (Push Email).
Finally shutdown TF3D (It's Great if you don't care about running many WM Apps). I think Battery has improved since I shut it off.
Figured out a few quirks.
The more I use the screen I realize how good it is. The constrast and viewing angles are incredible not to mention the resolution.
I wish I could run the old 4 Button Tab HTC plug in from Touch 6.1 but I seen folks with issues trying to get it on newer phones. I really like getting all the screen realestate back for truely useful data (weather, calander, message status, etc).