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Motorola's Droid Comes in Peace - For Now

Regarding the CDMA/GSM issue, there are phones that can work on either system. The HTC TouchPro2 has capabilities built in for both but the GSM has been disabled by firmware in order to avoid FCC testing. It would be very easy for Apple to include dual use capability.

Unless the Android community can come together to form some sort of coalition to create a user experience comparable to iTunes and offer 100,000 apps, they will suffer from the above mentioned fragmentation and disgruntled customers.

Verizon's Droid Is the Real Deal

As to the vaulted Verizon service, I live in Central Jersey which is supposed to have full coverage according to their maps. When calling my parents both my sister and I (who live 15 and 45 miles away from them respectively) often have to try 3-6 times before a call will go through. Dropped calls are common even when all of us are static. I'm in no hurry to adopt a smart phone on Verizon.