Google has long said that the goal of its Android platform has been to spur innovation within the mobile development community and also to give users the ability to switch to new carriers without switching their mobile devices. While the initial Android offerings such as the HTC Hero and the Samsung Moment have garnered a fair amount of press, the Droid will be the first device that will give us a hint of Android's potential, as developers will be much more likely to develop applications for the platform if they know they can have potential access to Verizon's 85 million-plus wireless subscribers.

While Android phones still have a long way to go to match the enormous variety of applications offered on the Apple App Store, having a top-notch phone such as the Droid will go a long way.

Reason to buy #3: It can multitask

One of the iPhone's few flaws is its inability to run two applications simultaneously. Thus, if you're listening to a song on Pandora and you want to check e-mail, you have to turn off the music application before you can read your messages. The Droid has smartly taken a page out of the Palm Pre's playbook and has made running simultaneous applications one of its core features. This also means that if Android ever develops sufficient security features a la the BlackBerry, it could be a great enterprise device to use for both work and play.

Reason to buy #4: It can run over Wi-Fi