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I haven't seen a "who is going to upgrade" thread yet, tho I may have missed it, so this one is probably OK until the device is formally recognized with its own section here on ppcgeeks.com (because that's really only when a device actually matters!).

I am intrigued by the larger screen and what looks like a vastly improved keyboard (from a typing standpoint). But I'm distraught at the loss of the d-pad; miserable as the one on the TP is, at least it's there when you need it. I can't say I like the direction we're headed to "all touch", at least with WM6.1...it's just not polished enough to accomplish what it needs without some hardware buttons. Half the time I try to scroll and I either select something, or I end up scrolling 4 screens down and I have to slowly back up. I picture the iPhone fanboys laughing at me as I do this little dance almost every day. And I recently saw in another post somewhere, the ctrl and tab keys are missing, along with a handful of others, in order to make room for all the space between those larger keys. Since I use those, they would be missed.

I would (will?) be disappointed if the graphics performance isn't improved overall.

As more info comes to light I think this thread will be an interesting discussion of tradeoffs. Everybody notices (and cares about) different details.