For what it's worth, I had to switch to Verizon a few months ago due to poor signal on Sprint at our new house. I am using the Motorola Droid X, which has a locked Bootloader. It is rootable, modable, and there are roms, (but all are based on the stock rom). But really, the processor is fast enough, there is lots of internal memory and the recently released OTA GB is very nice. Can still overclock and undervolt. However, many previous Rooters are very happy with the phone as it is stock GB. On the Hero, it is almost a requirement to root to make it usable these days. The newer phones, locked bootloader and all, start off with so much better specs that the urgency to root is not as great.
The locked bootloader does limit your options some, but many may not feel the need to.
BTW, I wouldn't count on the bootloader being unlocked via OTA any time soon. Just my opinion, however.
Yeah. My sister has a Verizon Motorola Droid X and she seems to be content with it. Indeed, it is rootable and you can flash custom ROMs. I believe the only thing that cannot be changed is the kernel. I have messed around with it and it is a nice handset. The Android 2.3 updates makes it snappier too.
I am hoping that HTC follows through with its promise regarding the bootloader on the Sprint HTC EVO 3D. I may just wait until that promise has been fulfilled.
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