I have the original alias (plus a work bb) and love it. Saw the Alias 2 online and went to the store to look at it last night. Looks like a very nice phone. I have another month to go before I'm eligible for the NE2 discount so I'm waiting. My only gripe would be that the charger is different than the existing Alias and it's a little bigger but still reasonably slim. Oh yeah, and in landscape mode I wasn't a big fan of the 'ok' button being in the top middle of the keyboard but I could probably get used to that.