[big'ol_freeper]

I’ve said this before on many threads about the iPhone. I am an Apple user but I have to use Verizon for my mobile phone service because no other carrier gives a signal at my residence as well as my cabin.

I waited a long time for Apple to come to their senses and switch to Verizon. When the Droid came out it was enough to make me wait no longer. Having had it for two weeks (returned one the second day I had it because it was defective) I have to say it is everything they advertise it to be.

Family members of mine have the iPhone and love it. Nobody can compete with Apple for total product integration, but Verizon/Motorola/Google have produced a very competitive alternative to the iPhone/ATT. The fact that Verizon runs circles around ATT probably makes the Droid a smarter purchase at this time. But...

Apple seems to always be one step ahead of the competition and when they finally produce a product to compete with an Apple product, Apple outflanks them with a new product. Watch for the iTablet to do just that. Latest rumor is it will be announced in January to ship in early summer...AND priced well below what the industry expects.

[rwfromkansas]

In the same boat. I want a Droid if I can’t get the iPhone.

[Swordmaker]

I waited a long time for Apple to come to their senses and switch to Verizon. When the Droid came out it was enough to make me wait no longer. Having had it for two weeks (returned one the second day I had it because it was defective) I have to say it is everything they advertise it to be.

Apple's first choice for the iPhone was Verizon... Verizon turned them down, insisting on total control of the features of the iPhone and ala carte pricing of fundtions. Apple would not agree to that. Verizon also refused to modify their network to support visual voice mail. AT&T agreed to what Apple wanted to do.