The Droid is actually a really decent phone, I enjoyed using it and I think the Android OS is also very good and well eventually become much more popular. The phone had some great features like a slide out keyboard, which was a nice change since I’ve been using iPhone touch screen to text and email for about 2 years now. The camera 5.0 MP camera was also very good but besides the fact of it having a Flash in dark settings the quality of pictures was not better then iPhone pictures. The touch screen on the Droid is decent but definitely falls short of the iPhone, there’s just something about the iPhone’s screen that makes everything so accurate and sensitive to touch and easy to use, it also supports multi-touch gestures while the Droid does not yet. My favorite feature on the Droid that the iPhone does not offer was the ability to tether via the 3G when my connected to my computer with a USB cable, this is more the network then the device but it was definitely nice to have internet access where ever I was (with no wi-fi). My only real problem with the phone was the overall size of the device. It was quite heavy ad just didn’t feel as nice as an iPhone does in my hand.

One thing I really missed was my Mobile Me service that synchronized all my iCal and Address Book data from my Macbook to my iPhone instantly and wirelessly. Mobile Me also has some other features that I just recently discovered; If you lose your iPhone you can log into your MM account and use the locate my iPhone tools which consist of a pulse that can be used to locate your phone if it’s hidden under your couch, a GPS location feature that brings up your iPhone exact location using Google Maps and also the ability to complete wipe your phone out and send a custom message to it, if it happens to fall into the wrong hands.

In the end I’m glad I was able to test out the Droid and Verizon for a couple weeks risk free but am definitely glad to have a new iPhone 3GS, which is actually an upgrade from my 3G. I can now take video and I notice the speed in UI transitions is a bit faster.

Within the last couple of months, AT&T’s 3G network has been a nightmare, just terribly slow and I believe cluttered with so many iPhone users, I think more so for me because I live in a rather big city that happens to be located in a valley between lots of mountains. I was really beginning to lose patients with the service when what at first was a tragedy turned out to be somewhat of a blessing. I dropped my iPhone on my mothers tile floor and it shattered the screen pretty bad. After calling AT&T and inquiring how much it would cost me to replace my broken iPhone I decided my best and cheapest out was to get a new phone from another service at a new customer price.

I decided that I’d go with Motorola’s Droid after hearing pretty good feedback on it and the Verizon network which I learned from my own experience is the best service available in the states. I’m glad I didn’t replace the iPhone for full retail (~$500) and went with a new phone/contract, It cost me $200 out the door and i’m locked into a 2 year contract for the same price I was paying at AT&T only now I’m confident I have a service that will work not only in more places but my 3G speeds with be much faster.

I’ve had the Droid for 2 days now and I’m still familiarizing myself with the Android OS, which is surprisingly good. I think the Android phones are really going to become much more popular unless Apple decides to get out of the exclusive contract with AT&T because I feel many iPhone AT&T customers are stuck with AT&T only for the iPhone. If Verizon was to eventually get the iPhone I would likely get it again, but I feel a reliable network and service is more important then the phone itself.