Quite simply, if motorola hadn't released the update to anyone, it would make sense that Verizon customers wouldn't have iteither.
I suspect that the reason the update is not being released has more to do with some kind of feature that is opened up on the phone, that Verizon might lose revenue from. This has been the case in the past, such as, when they prevented Motorola Phone tools from being able to transfer MP3 files to my previous motorola phone. In this case, Verizon was forcing us to use their archaic "V-Cast" interface to try and get more revenue.
And why are our text messages broken up? Am I mistaken that other providers get messages longer than 256 characters? Doesn't really matter, SMS is going the way of the Dodo with a phone as capable as our Droid.
Droid represents an unusual departure for Verizon from the tight fisted, high and mighty attitude that originally cost them the Iphone partnership.
The ONLY way Verizon can compete with the Iphone is to be faster on updates, better on support, and better service. Speaking of which I've told Verizon for the past 5 years there is a dead spot on our highway, yet, it's never been fixed. I even provided GPS coordinates where it begins and ends! I guarantee most people would prefer a phone that gets perfect reception everywhere over some of the (Cool) features Droid offers us.
No, Google hasn't yet announced it is providing service (on another's backbone).Yet. My point is, even if it's on the Verizon backbone (which I think is quite good, likely the best), my "account" would reside with Google.
Conflicted Droid User,
Dahmooser
