Things Droid Could Do Better

- Some other way to wake the device up from dark screen mode. Right now, the only way to do it seems to be pressing the on/off switch. Really, one of the navigation keys on the bottom of the device should also turn the screen back on.

- More SPACE at the top of the keyboard. It's hard to hit the top keys.

- Separated keys on the keypad...it's still typeable, but the whole reason people choose a phone like this over the iPhone is the ease of typing on keys. I notice that I type considerably slower on this phone than on the Blackberry or my T-Mobile Android.

DROID: What Not to Buy

When buying your new Droid from Verizon, I recommend not getting the new privacy screen. It's so think and dark that you'll have to really mash your fingers into the screen to get it to respond to your touch.

I'm also somewhat unhappy with the rugged plastic case: it's so sturdy, it makes it hard for the phone to open and close easily.

Driod Does, INDEED...thanks to Verizon

I just switched from a T-Mobile Android phone to the new T-Mobile Droid. The difference is like night and day! Most importantly the:

- Speed of apps that require data access (e.g., maps, Pandora, Gmail)
- Processing speed of the phone in general -- application loading, window animations
- Pevasiveness and speed of Verizon's 3G network -- it even penetrates bathroom walls.