It is an awesome phone and now everybody has it.  The ‘everybody has it’ part is what bothers me.  I like to have the latest greatest gadgets.  I got the iPhone the first day it was released – I have been waiting for the next big thing.  At first I thought the G1 was going to be IT, but while Android held promise the device wasn’t exactly an iPhone-killer.  That is all about to change – if Mike Arrington is right.

Motorola and Verizon have teamed up to build the Droid – an Android phone that is every bit as cool as the iPhone.  According to Mike, “Make no mistake, this is Android’s flagship product, and the first phone that will pose a significant threat to Apple’s iPhone.”  High praise indeed. The Droid is thinner than the iPhone, but has a physical keyboard and is on a decent network (AT&T has been having a hard time keeping pace with iPhone growth).  Mike also points out that the Droid is built on the TI processor (i.e. the same as iPhone) which is much faster than the Qualcomm processor that existing Android phones have used.