Either way, I've always been fascinated by tech products, so I'm pretty interested to see how the whole situation plays out! Thanks for stopping by and commenting, again!

Nice article. I wholeheartedly agree that the Droid is targeted at Verizon Wireless customers who haven't made the switch to the iPhone purely because they didn't want to (or couldn't) break their contracts and change to AT&T. I know several Verizon people who have contracts expiring soon who are waiting to see if the Droid is going to scratch their itch for a cool smart phone.

Where I think the Droid might run into problems is when Apple's contract with AT&T expires. You are right in that Google needs to develop the platform quickly to gain adoption before this happens. I don't think making sales because you can help people avoid switching costs is a great marketing strategy long-term.

As far as the apps go, that's not a huge deal to me. More apps will come if the phone sells. The people who would buy this phone are the late tech adopters anyway, so the apps issue probably isn't as big a deal as you might think.

Thanks for the interesting discussion!

Maybe I'm just not in the know, but I haven't heard anything about it in the UK. I recommend checking out @WhatleyDude & @vikkichowney's blog The Really Mobile Project http://thereallymobileproject.com/ that would have better insights/information. I'm certain it will come over here once its a hit with Verizon- the Iphone took a few months to come over here as well. Thanks, I look forward to reading more of your posts!

That's fascinating that it hasn't even been a whisper in the UK, I guess since it's Verizon they're really only building the hype in the US right now. It'll be interesting to see if it is successful, whether or not Motorola will take it to other countries. I'm excited to be able to get some more insights in the future from someone living “across the pond” to see how the UK differs from the US. Thanks for commenting, Sheema!