Switch from iPhone to Android?

To be or not to be. In this case, do I send my beloved iPhone off into that good night and carry on with my Verizon Droid. Here’s the story.

This morning, I was the 7th person inline several hours before the Verizon Wireless store opened. I walked out with my new Droid. At first impression, it was very solid. Feels very expensive. The screen is gorgeous. I started hammering out on the slide out keyboard, and it worked just fine. Works like a small slide out QWERTY keyboard should. I punched around the screen and typed a bit on the virtual screen. To my surprise, that worked very very well too. I would be just as happy with this identical device minus the slide out.

Back to my desk I went, with my iPhone 3GS in hand, and Droid. Time to do the basics. I added my company Exchange in about 2 minutes. That was easy. Then I went screen by screen to add applications to the Droid that I currently had installed on my iPhone. I knew there would be gaps, alas here we go.

Pandora, check
Qik, check
Wordpress app, check
Meebo, multiplatform messenger, check
Audioboo, check
Barcode Scanner, check
Facebook, already there, check
Loopt, check
Twitter app, check
Geocaching app, check
Skype, check

For the time being, I’m taking a break. The little Droid has been hammered on for a few hours now, and is, as my iPhone does, getting a bit warm. I’ll let it rest and I’ll do some work. More to follow.