Thinking of jumping to the HD2

[nrfitchett4]

Backstory: Currently on Sprint with TP2, loving life but pissed off at Sprint because of past medical bankruptcy, they won't let me have more than 2 lines.
Thinking of switching to t-mobile, can get 2 HD2's and 1 Sidekick for 140.00 through wirefly. Overall plan will be a touch more expensive because of no corporate discount, but not too worried about that.
I am in San Antonio, which shows good T-mobile 3g or 3g+ and we are on the short list for HSPA+ (I'm hoping soon).

Questions:
1. How satisfied are y'all with the HD2? I'm used to building my own custom ROMs (using 23123 6.5.3 currently) so I am ok with having to tweak the phones.
2. Anyone in San Antonio that can give me data speeds? On sprint I rarely touch 1mbps (usually around 500-700kbps), so as long as I can get that or better till hspa+ rolls out.
3. What is the best onscreen keyboard? Using finger keyboard 2.1 right now when needed on my tp2 and have dabbled in swype but seemed to cause some lag on my tp2. The only real reservation I have about the HD2 is the keyboard, but I want the new hardware.