The majority of the people have choices. Thanks to this thread I went out and picked one up. Going into the menu is annoying as hell with all the extra apps. My solution for this is to properly use the 7 home screens and never need the menu. Google navigation is on there for free, along with every other google app minus the search widget. I was also able to set it up the exact same way as my droid 1 (minus a few 2.2 only apps).
I also talked to a lot of people I know that have droids and asked them how often they use the google search widget. 100% of the people said it was the first thing they removed from their home page when they got the phone. Most people wont know the difference, and if you do you can probably root a phone. Overall I say its lighter than an x, great display, bigger than an incredible, and is very responsive. For those that think the x is too big the fascinate weighs less and fits better in the hand. If I had a choice I would probably still get an x, but with the fascinate being buy one get one free I would get it in a heart beat if I had 2 lines ready to upgrade. Call me crazy, but I like it more than the incredible. The clutter in the menu doesnt annoy me enough not to get it. The bigger screen, way it feels in the hand, and quality makes it a nice phone in my eyes. All I need is my handcent, astro, google navigation, papi games, weather channel, and facebook (keep in mind Im coming from a droid 1 so all of these phone seem that much better to me lol). I snatched one from one of the techs so I could play with it all night Again, not a droid x, but a very well put together phone. If Verizon didnt put their stamp on it and gay it up then it could be considered the best phone out.