Try using a WP device. Seriously. The Metro theme is anything but ugly. Minimalist, perhaps- and maybe that isn't your style- but it isn't ugly. I would choose it over Apple's "making your address book look like a leather-bound book" approach any day.

Metro is much more than a theme. It's a design philosophy and a couple of screenshots cannot capture it.

You really need to use it to understand it.

Here's some indepth material on it:

http://www.riagenic.com/archives/493

http://www.riagenic.com/archives/487