[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] BarryH_GEG:
Navigate the device (up/down/left/right) by holding the pen at the corresponding edge of the display.

Use gestures to "go back" or "open settings" w/o having to use the capacitive buttons.

Hover over drop downs and menus to have them expand (EG: AA.com. Reservations>Book flights>Round-Trip) rather than having to go menus deep to get to content or actions you're looking for.

Air View to see exploded views of e-mail bodies and headers, appointments, photos in an album, previews of videos w/o opening them.

Page Buddy for an extra customizable context sensitive home page that appears when the pen's removed.

Pop-up Note for taking quick notes by just double tapping the display from anywhere - even the lock screen.

Mark up Word and PDF documents with "ink."

Lasso anything on the display and import it in to an app or save it in the scrapbook along with other ideas or collections of ideas.

Palm rejection allows you to touch the display while using the pen so you don't have to get cramps avoiding it.

Shape Match for drawing and Formula Match for taking notes.

Quick Gestures for performing multi-step processes in a single hand written entry (EG: e-mail and MMS to specific people or groups).

S Voice can be controlled via the pen so it can be used silently.

Handwriting with the in-built SwiftKey predictive text is faster and more accurate than using the onscreen keyboard (except of course when you're using the phone on the go).

Multiview for doing two things at once (EG: copying or referencing something between the browser, e-mail or MMS).

S-Note for note taking, document editing, drawing, idea creation, and scrap boarding - all shareable to the outside world because S-Note converts documents to PDF's.

S-Planner to sync multiple calendars (other than Google's) and tasks in one place with the abilitiy to write notes in Month View.

Pop-up Browser to allow you to keep an app in focus while looking at a linked web page (EG: a link in an e-mail).

Page Buddy for an extra customizable context sensitive home page when you plug in a headset, dock the device, or when you’re roaming off your network.

Control the music player, phone (accept/reject calls), alarm (shut off/snooze), camera ("shoot"), and unlock the device to directly open in to your choice of apps with your voice.

Touch the lock screen and pivot to instantly open the camera app.

Low-light mode on the camera for great indoor shots without the flash washing them out.

S-Voice to open apps and controls via voice or pen that Google Now doesn't support.

Music Square to automatically create play lists by mood or from a song you're currently listening to.

Customize which apps appear in the notification bar and in what order plus long-pressing opens that app's settings screen (EG: Wi-Fi short press=toggle, long-press=open Wi-Fi settings).

Smart Stay to keep the device awake when you're looking at it and Smart Rotation to keep the display set to the orientation of your eyes.

Touch Light Duration to disable the capacitive button lights when not needed (EG: Flash video and navigation).

Hardware accelerated browser.

Tons of audio and video codec support.

No it’s not. It couldn’t be more pedestrian. It’s got the same processor as the One XL with two more cores, a more powerful GPU, a .3” larger display with less contrast and brightness but a higher PPI, an 11% larger battery, the same shameful 11GB of user accessible storage, and the availability of wireless charging. Sense 4+ is exactly the same as other HTC devices with no new features. Its only claim to fame is its display.

There’s nothing to agree or disagree with since we each use our devices differently. Everything I listed above for the pen and TW I use. If you (or anyone else) doesn’t that’s cool. But just because you don’t doesn’t make it a gimmick.