black jack the sequel

background:
About a month ago, my Motorola SLVR keypad stopped working. Not all the keys,but some of them, like the menu key. With all the work that I do for Motorola's Enterprise BG, I have had a desire to have a much deeper understanding of Windows Mobile.
So the SLVR is dying and I had heard good things about the blackjack. While at the local ATT store, I asked before purchasing the blackjack, if the blackjack 2 would be release the next day / week. I was assured that it was a long ways out. That turned out not to be the case. It was a major hassle to return the original, wait a week to get the blackjack 2. I used the blackjack for about maybe 10 days... the blackjack 2 for less than 24 hours.
first impressions:
According to all the marketing info, the 2 is thinner than the 1. It seems to be the opposite. I have not measured the two with calipers, but as an industrial designer, I notice fractions of millimeters.
The new one is too 'blingy' for my taste. I like the black matte version of the old one. I realize that they are competing with blackberry pearls and the like and they are all polished, shinny and lots of chrome accents. I don't think I could down grade (besides the hassle) faster processor, twice as much memory, bigger screen, newer OS. But if the two were equal, I would definitely pick the previous design. As an industrial designer, I have spec'd chrome finishes on many products, but I have since repented. I know how nasty it is environmentally, so these days I try to avoid it. At least it is black chrome, which if you need to have chrome is aesthetically the least offensive to me. (to be fair to the new ID, the old one had rubberized paint on the rear housing / battery door which makes recycling a big challenge I assume.)
The new scroll wheel is cool, but I sort of miss the jog dial that was on the side. I only used it for a week or so, and was just getting used to it. One thing that would be nice would be if the scroll wheel accelerated (a la ipod) the faster you scrolled. I assume that this is a software issues, so maybe it was out of Samsung's control.
I am pissed that they changed the connector. I did not open the packages, but I bought a car charger and a corded headset. I now need to return them so that I can replace them with the new ones. I realize that a mini-usb jack is big for a device of this size, but I do miss the ubiquity of the mini-usb on the SLVR. Standards are a good thing, at least if you are not going to include accessories in the box.