[cdmoore74]

Here is my honest opinion.

I bought my verizon tp2 on launch day and at the time it was the best smartphone money could buy. I've been flashing a bunch of roms but kept coming back to mighty mikes. The phone has been great and the battery life is just kick ass. But I keep feeling that app support was dying on this platform. Since I'm still serving time under a 2 year contract with the tp2, I decided to search craigslist for a moto droid thinking I can get one cheap. So on day 2 of looking, a software developer placed a new moto droid he got from the google i/o conference on craigs for $125. After finally getting the phone activated (don't ask) I instantly fell in love. I rooted the phone and was able to install custom roms (wonderful app called rom manager makes it simple) and I overclocked it to 1ghz without issues, the phone is just a beast. Google navigation just works (the gps picks up very quick and is very accurate); no need for a third party nav program but I do have copilot just in case. So many web browsers to choose from but the best is dolphin hd; best mobile browser I've ever used. The only thing lacking was a video player that played high res xvid but just today I downloaded "rockplayer" and it plays videos like butter. The craigslist and ebay apps are excellent and there is so much more to explore. The entire google experience is excellent. If I use igoogle on my computer all my appointments update instantly on the phone along with my contacts on gmail.
I can really go all day and I've only had the phone for 2 weeks. Today I preordered a droid x at bestbuy finding that reviews and early benchmarks puts the phone at the top of the list. The droid is going to the wife and I'm getting the X. I do hope that microsoft will get their act together with mobile 7 because I really do love the battle that's unfolding in the mobile arena. But I can't help but feel that microsoft let windows mobile out to die.