I love YouTube; but I have zero practical use for it other than a time-killer; I wouldn't pay a dime when there's tons of other free time killers out there. In other words: No

It wasn't until just a couple of years ago that computers and other electronics were banned from the island; regular citizens have no access to the Internet to begin with and nearly every computer in that whole country is running a pirated copy of Windows to begin with. Even though it's not necessarily a negative thing to make this type advance in technology for any country, this is little more than another publicity stunt by the Cuban government to get on its soviet era soap box and talk smack about the United States. Reuters keeps falling for it, like it has been since the 70s. I'm Cuban; unless you've lived there, you can't have an idea of how Machiavellian they are.

Is this Scientist's Alter-Ego Captain Chaos or has General Disarray finally gone rogue?

T-Mobile handled the released very well, but not just for the reasons you stated. They have been taking pre-orders for a whole month now and those of us that jumped on board since day one got our phones 1 or 2 days before the actual release date. I would say that at least if not all the people who pre-ordered this phone immediately after the Google unveiling like I did would have been standing in line yesterday had we not received our phones on Monday and Tuesday.

There is already a pros and cons list so I will not do another one; I agree with everything said in that post and it is a pretty accurate review of the product. Overall, I think it's better than the iPhone even at this stage. Keep in mind we are comparing a brand new platform with something that has been out for 2 years; that alone is a merit in its own. I can't even begin to imagine where this platform will be in two years judging by the massive community support it's already getting in its infancy.