Finally got everything up and running today. It was pretty quick and painless once I got the new SIM card. Sent a few emails back and forth with the guy that had been helping me and he got me set up in no time.
Absolutely loving the phone thus far. Few little quirks that I need to get used to, and the device isn't perfect, but it's a huge step up from my original Droid and feels a lot lighter in my pocket - something that I'm loving.
Haven't picked up on a lot of the issues people are having. Screen looks great to me. Sure, I can see some pixelation in certain light, but for the most part, I can't complain. Screen vision in the sun is fantastic. Haven't heard the hissing or squeal issue people experience with headphones, but I do get the clicking during calls on speakerphone. It usually happens when the person's voice trails off.
Notification light is in a strange position, but I'll get used to it. The blink is definitely a bit too slow, but for texts and calls I've got an app that allows me to speed it up, so no big deal.
Phone got pretty hot during my initial use, but once I switched to CDMA it quickly cooled down and hasn't gotten hot since.
Going on about 8 hours now on the battery, at 20%. I'm trying to kill it so I can get that initial charge cycle going.