I'm terribly confiused and can't sort myself out. The Droid is a Motorola phone. The Droid Eris is, apparently, an HTC phone. Motorola and HTS work in the same "phone producing" sector. Apparently Droid is a series, of which (presumably) Droid Eris is a part of. How is that possible? Is the "Droid" line a rebranding of Android itself?

Bloody fast turnaround - Donut only came out, what, a month ago? Cupcake earlier in the year? Should we expect Flan as a Christmas Pressie? I was thinking they were going for 6-monthly style releases...

Not that I'm complaining!

The think that really makes this so attractive is the near edge-to-edge screen. Finally, a phone that's trying to minimise the black rim that all the other manufacturers try to make look pretty. I think this is the way all candybar (and even sliders) will end up; with a dominant screen and (probably) no front buttons at all.

I too wish there was an Android version of this...!

"and HTC's Sense UI beautiful"

Isn't Sense the Android UI only? This must be TouchFlo...

I wonder how much energy went into their 3D wood molding process, and if that's really easier that just casting some plastic...

It's a nice look though.

Eugh. Where do the carriers get these horrible, unimaginative names? I'm getting well confused between all the "myTouchGooglemyG3" phones out there.

Google looked like they were behind a sensible naming policy with the G1 (which, in my mind, implied a G2 then a G3 etc - easy!) But then that got confused. Then the model names "Dream", "Magic" and "Hero" - easy, slightly cheesy and clear. The carriers then go and obfusicate them and wonder why people get confused.

The winning element of the iPhone was its clear brand that everyone recognised, even if the successors. If only t-Mobile could apply a similarly enduring and consistent (and not so childish-sounding) label to their high-end range..

Heh, I kinda want one of these over my Storm. TouchFlo? WiFi? An email client that doesn't require BIS/BES?