I have the blackberry curve through Nextel issued to me for work - strongly dislike it. My Wife got me the new Droid for an early Christmas gift. I looked at both the Motorola and the HTC version. I wound up going w/ the HTC. It has no slide out keyboard and a little weaker on the screen, but is has the same capabilities and is lighter. We are already with Verizon and they gave me some extra time to play with the phone before I was stuck with it so I might still try the Motorola version. So far I love the Droid I have.