Still a few things I dont like about it, I cant seem to link @msn.com accounts,
Can you clarify what you are trying to do.
hate the way camera pictures get posted to my google mail account if not carefull.
Make sure you have Geotagging & autosync disabled.
Plus still hate the swipe screen that this and my Tocco have.
You can change that to either a pattern, password, or PIN if you so desire.
I'm running Android 4.0.3 at the moment (Ice Cream Sandwich), but if memory serves me correctly the unlock screen can be changed under "Location and Security" on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread).
You can also have a "multi-unlock" screen which uses sliders if you so desire. The app needed for that is called Jkay Deluxe Settings, but I can't remember if you need root access for it to work (I have a suspicion that root is needed).
other than that, love the phone.
I was always of the school that a phone is a phone and nothing more. I even refused to send text messages back to people when they texted me, I preferred to talk to them instead as a lot more can be said in 1 minute than can be said in a 160 character message.
My first "smartphone" was a Sony Ericcson Xperia X8 (bought it the same month it was released).
I bought it because it was small enough (3" screen) to fit in to any pocket, lightweight enough so that you wouldn't notice you had it, an incredibly loud ringer that could be heard over pretty much any amount of noise, tough enough not to break when it fell out of my pocket, and cheap enough to replace if I lost/damaged it (£110 brand new in the box offline).
I initially used it for nothing more than phone calls, but once I started using basic apps on it (eg, calender for reminders, etc) I was bitten by the "smartphone" bug and that was it. 1 year down the line from buying the X8 I decided that I needed something with a bigger screen as my peepers are starting to struggle a little bit when reading and (being an SE fanboy at the time) bought the Xperia Neo.
I was fairly happy with that until my brother came around 3 days after and showed me his SII. It took less than 30 minutes of using it for me to put the Neo back in it's box and take it back to the shop where I bought it and get it exchanged for an SII which has now all but replaced my laptop for general day to day use.
I won't say that I will never replace the handset as when the SIII is released I will more than likely go for it, but at this moment in time there is nothing out there that can seriously compete with it IMO even though the handset has been around for 1 year next month.
Even if you don't fancy running a custom ROM, I'd still recommend "rooting" your phone as it opens up a whole new world and lets you get rid of a few more of the "Samsung" niggles (eg, the ascending ringtone that you can't switch off) as well as letting you uninstall all the crap & bloatware that is pre-installed at the factory.