Well the wait is finally over.  For me in particular.  Ever since Apple stabbed me in the back and went exclusive to AT&T I’ve waited for this day.  For I was NEVER going back to AT&T and their crap coverage and customer service.  I said that about 6 years ago and was only very slightly waivered when the iPhones were introduced.  But I’m a man of my word and pronounced that I would hold out on Verizon and my trusty, though boring, Blackberry until they got a better phone for me.

This morning Google & Verizon held a press conference and sent out a statement (read here) announcing their matrimony.  Basically it states that the two will be joining forces to usher out new devices loaded with Google’s cell phone operating system, called Android & apps.  The guys over at Engadget held a phone call of their own with the two companies and dugg up a little more info.  They found out that 2 of these new devices will be released in the next few weeks & that one of them will be a “game-changer”.  I have no idea what that is or what it means but I’m damn excited to find out!

One of the phones was rumored out the last couple of months and I have been tracking it ever since.  It’s a phone from Motorola that’s had two names….Sholes and most recently the Tao.  You can see some blurry pics of it here. We’re pretty sure that the Sholes\Tao phone will be one of the phones to come out of this marriage in the next couple of weeks, but probably won’t be the one touted as the ‘game-changer’.

Verizon has also recently started taking off the gloves with AT&T and are finally fighting back.  Check out this ad (sorry this was the best I could find on short notice) displaying their US coverage compared to AT&Crap’s.

BTW, I’m totally biased against AT&T due to some really bad personal experiences with them.  I’m in no way trying to debated technicals between the two companies.  This is simply personal!  At least I’m honest right?

So, anyone else out there on Verizon that’s as excited as I am for this?

First, off, it looks exactly the same as the last one.  The ad campaigns (see below) have hit the ground running and are already addressing that fact because they simply know it’s gonna get mentioned a bajillion times.  It looks the same.  Which shouldn’t bother anyone really because there’s just simply nothing wrong with the design right now….it’s still pretty much the best design out there.  So don’t fix what ain’t broke I guess.

So whats new?  Why do you care?
It’s faster….”much faster” they are telling us.  Some applications will be up to 4 times faster.  Even though they haven’t released any specs on the new processor.  Plus the camera is much improved (3.0 megapixles compared to 2.0 on the old 3G).  And now it has video too.  It comes with an actual magnetic built in compass…for I guess, when the GPS fails?  Someone needs to explain that to me more.  The biggest news though seems to be the better battery life, which on paper sure doesn’t look all that better, but anything is better at this point.  One things for sure…all this iPhone news has got me hyped up for the new Nokia N97!

So what do you guys think?

Here it is on the official site -> Apple iPhone 3G S

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