the phone has been out for about 3 months now and IMO, still hasn't lived up to the hype
for the most part, there's still a substantial amount of bugs, the leaks haven't really done that much, and the phone fails miserably as a media player (the volume is low, the controls are poor)
So, IMO, it fails as a normal BB (it isn't as reliable or easy) and fails as a next gen touch screen device (the iphone smokes it in this regard)