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Once again, the best thing HTC could do is release a phone with an available Developer's Kit for the community.
That's how these things are packaged to the OEM's... I played with an industrial PPC recently that my friend was working with for his job (the kind with a barcode scanner attached that they use in stores like Target for inventory and Point of Sale). Its so interesting how this stuff works...
The manufacturer sells the hardware to the client (for example, Target), and gives them an SDK to develop firmware for their own needs. The developers at the Target Coorperate HQ create a ROM and distribute the device to their stores and train the employees in their use.

In our case, HTC develops hardware and gives Sprint a development kit to install and create firmware for their customers.
Then, we as users determined to make it work properly, have to reverse-engineer the software, essentially ripping it apart to try and figure out how things work and then put it back together again in a fashion that suits the general user community. Sprint sort of knows about it, but they turn a blind eye because officially they don't want to support such efforts. Its sad that devices are often left to the development community to support.

Now, how amazing would it be if HTC just handed the SDK over to us and said "here, we saved you the trouble. Make the phone work how you want it to"???