[happymellon]

> The early success of the iPhone spooked Verizon, which put a huge amount of resources behind the Droid campaign, which is when Android really took off.

Citation please. Android was already becoming quite a topic before Verizon jumped on the bandwagon.

Finally an alternative to WinCE without getting stuck with Apple. I don't remember anyone claiming that Verizon caused Android to "really take off".