Well i don't think Blender has the easier learning curve for new users, Wings might win that battle. However as far as modeling Blender has Wings beat ,imo. Moving around in the 3d view is one of the reasons I love Blender, in a lot of 3d apps navigation is painfully slow and awkward. If you have a three button mouse you'll have no problem.

The middle mouse wheel is a Blender users best friend, the wheel by default zooms in and out. Hold mouse wheel and shift and move mouse to pan up/down or left right. Use the number pad keys to select views 1 = front view,  3 = side view, 7 = top view, hold Ctrl plus those numbers to see the opposite side views. Pressing the 0 key on the number pad allows you to see the camera view.

Plus there is a pretty good Wiki for more info, learning the shortcut keys for modeling is something you should look for. Some important ones are space bar to bring up the add menu. W in edit mode is one of the shortcuts i use most. There is a keyboard chart somewhere of all the Blender shortcut keys,if i find it I'll post a link (if we can still do that at this site:rolleyes:).

In my opinion Blender is a much better long term option to learn than Wings based on the many features that Blender has to offer. It might be difficult at first but after a while you'll be able to create anything you want for any purpose or other app with Blender.