I got the Gnex a week or so ago. So far I am very happy with the phone, the only thing I don't like is the pentile screen, which sucks for small text. It is quite good for images, video, and 'normal' sized text. But probably I would have preferred an LCD instead. Oh, and the speakers suck, if you watch movies you kind of need headphones. And the Skype video also sucks, the Galaxy Player provides better Skype video.

Other than that, it's a beautiful device. Very light, very pocketable, good battery life, quite adequate for videos, 1080p video, decent 5mp camera (better than the N900). There are two reasons why I got it: 5 band 3G (so it works everywhere in the world, including AWS for T-mobile), and big screen.

The Note is a great device, but it's way too big to use comfortably as a phone, and you will notice it in your pocket. And it doesn't work with the AWS band.