Oooo thats the phone I was going for as well! I wond up staying with Virgin for now. They dont carry the note but also got a really good Canadian unlimited plan and was able to get out of my contract 1 year early and switch to supertab. I am happy with the 3.  I dont get why you cant render and play with your phone since they take over a week in your case LOL. Speaking of which did you try using the refine brush to get that noise off of the character's skin...