Marguerite Reardon for CNET:

It’s clear that the Droid is targeted at people looking for an alternative to the iPhone. And Verizon is planning the biggest media campaign it has ever launched for the device.

Which is all well and good, but advertising does not make a good product. If this phone’s a dud, especially after all the hype, I think it might relegate Android to permanent also-ran status, no matter how good future phones can be.

Not that I hope this happens. It’s actually the first phone besides the iPhone that excites me. I want my dad (who has to use Verizon because no other company gets reception where he works) to get one of these guys.

Also worth noting: to the best of my knowledge, there is no phone-free Android device available. That is, Apple’s got the iPhone, but it’s also got the iPod Touch. A no-phone Android device might be cool.