[Nick Koan]

I like my Epic. Sprint also allows the option for making your Sprint number into a Google Voice number, which is pretty cool. All international calls are now routed through GV (even if first hop is cellular) and I get charged the GV rate. I don't make a ton of international calls, but it helped when dealing with my honeymoon travel arrangements and whatnot. Granted, you'd have to sign a contract to get that.

Android, though, IMO is like setting up a Windows PC. Its very customizable and you can eventually get it to where you want it to be, but it doesn't work as well as an iPhone out of the box. If you are willing to put in the time to customize it (and/or root it) then it is great.

Also, I the Epic has a keyboard and Swype. I basically only use the keyboard now for passwords or if I need to type in a lot of numbers.

In other news, Google bought Motorola Mobility earlier today for $12.5M. Motorola has supposedly been turning it around with their Android handsets (after their post-RAZR failings) so we'll see where that goes. Google has said they won't quit partnering all the other Android licensees out there, but it would make sense that Motorola will begin to get pre-access to new versions of Android and other special amenities.