Just wanted to drop in to say I'm loving this device. I've had all weekend to play with it and I've noticed some of the same quirks that a few other people have mentioned. I've seen the screen come on randomly once or twice, the .1 drop in watts a few times randomly, and also sometimes it will wake right up and fire on the first click out of sleep mode, and sometimes it won't. As far as whether the black version is painted or anodized, I'm not 100% sure but I'm thinking it's painted. I haven't dropped it or anything but it already has a couple very tiny nicks in it. Mostly around the edges.