Little new here, but I'm running Whompasaurus with the latest Perseus kernel. Jellybean was just a bit too bright for my tastes. My N2 is pretty smooth and the battery sips when I actually have a decent signal which is about 35-40% of the time. I try to force roam, but Roam Control doesn't seem to do a thing on the N2.
If the N2 had a slide out keyboard it would be perfect. Would kill for a true premium slider. All these 3rd party keyboards barely make on screen typing acceptable, and I'm still losing all that screen real estate when I type.