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Originally Posted by kidFromBigD
If I were HTC, it would make me sick to poison relationships with the 4 major US carriers(not to mention the Canadian carriers) by circumventing them and opening up features, for whatever reason, they have chosen to disable.
We here at ppcgeeks.com are the rebels, but we account for perhaps 1% of the user base of HTC phones in North America(Canada/USA). We are thriving and pushing the limits daily, and honestly that is good. We usually get what we want, or re-flash in search of it. But the vast majority of HTC smartphones are in the hands of a solid customer base that the major carriers rightly treat like gold. These users will never unlock and flash their devices, and may have no time or interest in what's going on here. That's reality.
So, let's understand ourselves in this perspective and go about our work digging into and unlocking the features that lurk deep inside the devices, sharing discoveries, but not thinking our views on the matter are correct for everyone else.
Ok, off my soapbox. Flame away or add your $.02 guys...
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Very well said, and you are right about many of the aspects of our phones that geeks like us enjoy, as opposed to what the typical end-user considers important. That said, end-users and the manufacturer still deserve a phone that can make it through the day without a reset, particularly due to neutered memory or glitches in software that did not exist prior to the carrier getting a hold of it, a dead battery or some other issue. Now, you are right about most users, since most users do not buy the high-end WinMo phones that we own; they instead tend to purchase simpler, less-expensive phones. However, since we are talking about companies like HTC, which seem to base their reputations on PDA phones aimed at a niche market, I'm wondering if it might be more in their interest to further assert themselves.
Of course, only time will tell and my hope is no matter what happens, we will a find result which includes a more solid phone with improved support. But the trend to me right now, though certainly nascent if extant at all, is one of greater direct customer interaction on the part of the manufacturer.