I used to be a huge HTC fan, and for a while thought they were the only one who made an android phone in which I was interested. But after having an HTC phone, Samsung (Galaxy SII), and now a Razr, I'm kind of over HTC and Sense. Not because they are bad by any stretch, as they're not. More than anything, I just fell out of love with Sense. It's just too much for me, and almost feels like its own OS completely since they just about hide everything from Android and replace it with their own overlay. Samsung and Motorola seem to be doing a good job of adding their own stuff, but also letting the parts of android that work just fine still come out. Plus, Sense puts such a draw on the processor that even with the new dual cores, they still seem to get just a bit laggy every so often (though not nearly as bad as they once did), and it just feels like it's always running just a bit behind where it should due to running sense. Admittedly I have not played with the Rezound, and it may be a huge step up, and to the general consumer it may not be that noticeable or a drawback, but I guess I still get flashbacks to all the lag and freezes and it just scares me away from HTC anymore.
Thank you.
Thats the part that I truly dont understand about ppl that hate Blur so much and love stock Android so much.
Blur is as close to stock as you can get, followed by Touchwiz. Sense UI is a smooth, fluid experience for the most part....but its like you said...its almost its own OS.