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At least for this round of phones you can forget all about the Verizon comment. Doesnt mean it wont happen in the future, but the phones currently coming out from Verizon are fully spec'd. The big 3 that are just around the corner now are the TouchPro2, Diamond2 (Whitestone), and the Omnia2. All 3 phones will be available from Verizon, Sprint will only be releasing the TouchPro2 initially and possibly the Diamond2 later but not the Omnia2. If you get any of these 3 you'll be getting a top notch phone. My preferrence is the Omnia 2, faster processor, better screen, better video playback with better 2D and 3D rendering, records video in HD, and has an LED flash for the camera. Like Noir stated, the HTC devices have a larger community of developers, so thats a positive for the HTC phones. Fortunately the Omnia2 shares the same screen resolution with the TouchPro2 and Whitestone this time, so most of the apps developed for them will work equally well on the Omnia2.