The interesting and problematic nature is that this is the first phone to run android and it's being toted as the Google phone, when in fact it's not. It's like saying every device that runs windows CE is one and the same. While I generally like HTC phones, this is merely the first volley into the Android platform. I'm looking forward to see what other hardware developers do with their own android phones.

I think this HTC phone is a great contender. In my opinion it beats the iphone in some areas but falls short in others. I'm also looking at it though as the pioneer device and I generally shy away from the pioneer devices when possible. So it's a step in the right direction but before we can really apprecaite it we have to wait until the next round of android phones come out or at the very least the app devs get behind it.