T-Mobile's alliance with Google and it's Android operating system will produce, windfall profits for both HP, the maker of the phone, as well as T-Mobile. Why do I believe this? When you even have laymen who are not as techie as me who are actually looking at the phone, ordering ahead on line to be the first to have it and selling or closing out there carrier contracts, that's big news.
For me personally, who loves his Blackberry, and is in fact typing from his Curve right now, its still a tough sell, but I can see the mistake that Apple made in not producing a hardware keyboard for their I Phone.
In fact, it may cost Apple, since many of my friends love the features that the I-Phone has to offer, but prefer the use of a keyboard, and no, out of all of my friends, I am the only one that uses the BlackBerry. They prefer to use the Sidekick or the BlackJack, they are real SMS addicts.
BlackBerry is not falling to far behind, they are releasing the BlackBerry Storm and Bold, the former, utilizing a touch screen with a tactile display for the keyboard, and the latter, well, I prefer the latter, because at least it has a keyboard. However, the innovator at this point must be given to HP and T-Mobile for moving with the times and taking there bets with Google and there G-Phone. By betting on the Google brand, they may be the first to take advantage of what is to be the future of cellar devices. Google's foray into operating systems will make them a serious competitor with Microsoft, Apple, Nokia and RIM.