For me it will come down to when the Motorola device is released. I will be buying either the HTC Thunderbolt or the Motorola phone - whichever comes out first. If I don't like whatever comes out first - I will just trade it in on the other device.
CES can't get here soon enough though.
Happy New Year everyone!!!
I will need to find out about the bootloader and the backing the community gives the phone before buying it