I played with the Touch Cruise today. I have to say in terms of looks, the D810 is way better.

Just the looks, it doesn't look as nice as in the pictures. Maybe it is just me.
The HTC Shift was really nice though after playing with it, since both were launched together yesterday.

yes, the cruise's touch surface is excellent, just like touch and touch dual, and not like tytn II's surface which is deep in the phone making it hard to press.

it's quite big and a little thick compared to the touch because of the GPS and 3G radio.

however, the camera is the same as used in the tytn II, which is 3mp with autofocus, much better than what the D810 and Touch and Touch Dual have.