EVO 4G: First Impressions

Having been an iPhone user for 2+ years, many of my comments will occasionally refer to that new iPhone thinger that all the cool kids are sporting. Kids, like the guys over at Engadget who seem to keep a decent perspective with the insane pace of the phone industry. In order to help my own perspective, I have read their articles, specifically: a review of the EVO 4G, and a comparison between the EVO 4G and the iPhone 4, which confoundedly ends with "follow your heart." Maybe I should be more emotionally attached to my electronics...

With all that said, here are my first impressions of the EVO 4G:

• Beautiful screen, and considering I'll be staring at this, like, all the time, it's a good thing.
• A bit heavier and obviously bigger than my iPhone 3G, but not in a bad way.
• Won't that protruding camera lens get scratched up?
• The power button is a bit difficult to press because of the way the phone's edge profile is shaped with respect to the button. 
• The UI is slightly more sluggish than I was hoping, but I'd still label it "very fast."
• After a quick login to Google, everything was automagically synced: contacts, gmail, calendars (even the shared ones). Could not ask for more.