That is reality, I don't think any of last years galaxy phones have Gingerbread yet. The UI has been vastly improved, but I guess we will see how much soon, but from the videos it looks like Samsung did a terrific job with Touchwiz 4.0.
I feel like HTC was lazy with Sense. They could have changed a lot more without losing the feel of Sense.
I can see your point on Sense. Without having played with 3.0 I think they went with more eye candy than anything. But Sense has been one of the more in depth and functional UI's in my opinion so maybe the tweaks and such are more under the hood just like Ginger Bread is. Once I get my hands on it I will have a better idea. My point on the TouchWiz was really just a superficial comment on how similar the home screen is to iOS. I have never really used it in depth so I can't really comment on the function of it. Regardless as Android matures and adds functionality I think it is harder and harder to merit having a custom UI that cannot be turned off. Truthfully I wish HTC would add back in the functionality to turn off Sense, as it is not for everyone.