Leaning Droid

The phone upgrade saga continues. This week I made one actual decision. I’m sticking with Verizon.

I had my revelation during an Origami Risk team conference call. The kids were out so I was actually working at home. I started the call on my land line. But we were getting an echo from my phone. I’m pretty sure the echo was due to my headset and phone not playing well together, but to move the call forward I switched to my cell phone. And I didn’t think twice about doing it. I never think twice about using my cell phone. At a coffee shop I sometime worry about background noise, but I never worry about signal.

I know many people with iPhones, my wife being one of them. They totally love their phones. But they always talk about dropped calls. And I have plenty of experience with this, talking to them and suddenly hearing silence. It dawned on me, with my current cell phone I’ve never had a call drop. It never happens.

I have no office. My cell phone is my office phone. I need to be mobile. And I need to be able to count on my phone. At the end of the day, network coverage is my #1 priority. Sorry AT&T, I’m not switching.

So that leaves me with a few choices:

1. Motorola Droid
2. HTC Eris
3. Wait

Option 3 is somewhat compelling. There are plenty of rumors that Verizon will have the iPhone sometime in 2010. And Google is supposedly building their own Android phone.

I’ve been comparing the Droid and the Eris. The Eris is a nice looking phone. It’s sleeker than the Droid. HTC put a nice face on top of Android. But ultimately it’s an inferior processor and I want my phone to rock.

So I’m leaning Droid. I’ve checked out the apps and while they don’t compare to the iPhone, the important ones for me are there and there are enough interesting ones for my kids.

But there’s plenty of time to change my mind…