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While I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for an I-phone on Verizon’s network, there are Google powered phones out.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114156763

Google is providing the Operating System and in the first case, Motorola is making the phone.  With the I-phone, as with all Apple products, Apple is providing both the Operating System and the phone/device itself.  So the Google announcement is more of a “platform” announcement.  You’ll see other Google powered phones from other phone manufacturers over time.

The main impact of Android is on Symbian (Nokia’s Operating System, platform effort) and probably Palm.  An application developer will probably prioritize I-Phone, Android and Blackberry to port their applications to.  Beyond those it’ll be hit or miss if an application works on a particular phone platform.  Two things drive “platform” adoption and acceptance:  “ease of use” and application availability. 

In the PC world, Windows has always struggled in the “ease of use” category but has always won the application availability aspect.  I-phone has terrific “ease of use” and over time we’ll see which platform attracts the most/best applications.  The key applications over time are the ones that businesses need to justify paying for their employees to carry around the phones.

UPDATE:  the Motorola Droid is out and the reviews are generally good.  There’s some excellent reviews with the pros and cons on our Amazon link:  http://astore.amazon.com/spphone-20/detail/B002UUTCKC

If you buy your new phone through our Amazon link, we’ll help you use it and get it configured.