Wow, Bob I don't know how I missed your post? I came directly to Android from a Blackberry Curve. At the time I was a Crackberry fanatic and was anxiously awaiting the next Blackberry release that would hopefully sink the iPhone (since the Storm 1/2 failed so damn miserably). Low and behold my fiancee talked me into trying out a Droid 1 with her as they had a BOGO deal going on and she had an upgrade due on her account. To be honest I went into the whole thing fully expecting to turn right around and trade it back in when ever that 'iPhone killer' finally did get released by RIM... to my absolute amazement, that D1 was an iPhone killer, and it was OLD tech as far as Android was concerned!
Having tried using a Storm (an experiment that almost cost that particular Storm its very life!!!), I was fully convinced that I would never own a phone without a physical keyboard. However, there was a display DX at the Verizon store when I was getting my D1 that I played with, and I came to discover that this might be the very first device that could change my way of thinking about that particular issue. A few days later I was so in love with everything Android (playing around on the market really sunk my loyalty to Blackberry.... I was instantly hooked) that I packed up my D1, headed down to the Verizon store, and returned it to put a DX on order. Until my DX finally arrived a few weeks later I was stuck with my Curve again. Never had I thought would I ever see the day when it would pain me to use that phone. But after that weekend with an Android device, I almost couldn't bare to go back to the Curve. It suddenly felt like a prehistoric phone, BIG TIME!!!
Now that I have been with my Droid X for 3 months let me tell you that this is not a phone that you can get around as easily with one hand as you can on a BB. It is possible to get around on it one handed in portrait mode, but I really only use it one handed if I absolutely do not have the use of both of my hands. But I have to say, I'm ok with that because I like using this phone with two hands... so it's not an issue for me personally. Secondly, if you've ever tried getting around on the internet on your BB and been frusterated at times, the DX brings you the internet like you couldn't even imagine it on your BB. Hardware accelleration, pinch-to-zoom, flash, the REAL internet... oh God, cruising around on the internet is a freaking dream with this phone!!!
I do still have my Curve as from time to time I wind up missing a phone number that didn't get switched over for what ever reason, so I pull it back out and get the number out of my contacts. When I do get it out, I always forget how feathery light it is. I honestly don't consider the DX to be a heavy phone, the Curve is just a ridiculously LIGHT phone! And when ever I grab it I always flash back to the ease of one-handed use it afforded me and marvel at that aspect of it. But again, I don't sit there with my DX wishing I could use it one-handed like I did my Curve, it's a totally different experience. I guess I would put it like this... I've owned many sportbikes and I've owned a few sports cars as well. When I'm riding a sportbike I don't wish I was in a sports car... likewise when I'm driving a sports car my mind doesn't drift off and wish that the experience was more like riding a sportbike. They are different, and when I'm in a sports car I just naturally drive it like a sports car is supposed to be driven. Likewise when I'm playing around on my DX I just naturally operate it with both hands because that's what feels right to me when operating it. I don't ever think, "oh man, I wish this thing was more like my BB"... if I thought that, I would go back to a BB.
I think you'll find the same thing if you try one out. But if you don't, oh well... you can always get the next Blackberry that comes out. Are they going to bring a 'Torch' like device to Verizon by chance? That thing looks to be 100 times better than the 'Storm' ever was. Which isn't a hard feat to accomplish IMO... I hated the Storm!