I'm a little sad and torn.

I slowly fell in love with the N900 over the last 2 months, but I must confess that the Droid is probably better for me. My reasons are as follows:

-I'm not a developer.

-I'm a current Verizon customer (Who knew they'd finally release a decent phone?).

-Verizon has a FAR superior 3g footprint compared to T-mobile in my area.

-I have never bought into the "mobile computer" description. It's a phone to me.

-I'm in the capacitive-screens-are-better camp. (No, the ability to use a stylus and interact with the screen wearing oven-mits is not compelling to me.)

-Portrait/one handed interaction matters to me.

-Android is 'open enough' for me.

-Xenon flash. (EDIT: This is untrue. Dual LED also.)

-It's not nearly as bulky, though neither devices are beautiful IMO. (EDIT: It is gaudy though. Licorice and "brown sugar". Ugh.)

-Not as much storage as N900, but internal 16gb + 16gb microSDHC is enough for me. (EDIT: Only comes with a 16 microSD card and zero internal memory. 32GB microSD cards do not exist yet.)

-It's still not an iPhone.

I'm probably going to cancel my pre-order for the N900. I haven't ruled out getting it just yet, but I want to see how the next few weeks will play out.

That said, as a huge Linux enthusiast for nearly a decade, I look forward to seeing where Maemo 5/6 goes.