Okay, so there's that Motorola Droid thing, sure. But what about Verizon customers wanting a little HTC Android love?

Rumors and specs are floating around regarding the HTC Droid Eris, Verizon's purportedly forthcoming version of the Hero. "Underpowered" but under a hundred bucks? Worth it or no longer noteworthy in the new age of superfast Android 2.0? Let's let our expert weigh in, shall we?

Some also wondered how I could rave about the GSM Hero, come off lukewarm from the CDMA version, and then seemingly disregard the Eris altogether. Well, first of all, I haven’t completely disregarded it.

A $99 price tag would be a good deal for such a device, and would make for some interesting competition. Perhaps I didn’t offer up enough praise for VZW’s economical alternative in that respect. So there you go.

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