Confused on the first one, I'm getting better WLAN and 3G signals on my Note than I did on the N900, sitting at the same desk in the same office... better signal.

No idea what you mean about the hardware key, long press on the Home key brings up the task manager along with the last 6 recent apps, if I need something beyond the 6 that are showing the one extra click to get the task manager up seems quite a minimal con...