[GoodThings2Life]

On November 25th, I installed 2.17 with 1.47.01 radio and PRL 60611. I've used this configuration since that date (no hard resets, and I soft reset on Wednesday and Sunday mornings):

-- Windows Live (Live Messenger signed in when mobile, mail syncing every 30 minutes).
-- Office Mobile 6.1 for viewing attachments from my work email account (Exchange ActiveSync, every 30 minutes).
-- Personal Email syncing via IMAP every 30 minutes.
-- Windows Live Search Mobile and Google Maps Mobile for directions, theater info, and general searching.
-- I send about 2 dozen texts per day.
-- I take photos on occassion.
-- I use HTC Task Manager (X-Button) 2.0 for memory management.
-- I use AIM 2.0 on occassion for instant messaging.
-- I make a boat-load of registry tweaks for settings.
-- I even use Remote Desktop to connect to servers at work.
-- I make a few phone calls during the day/evening as needed (yeah, this seems obvious).
-- I manage my task list, contacts, and calendar via ActiveSync/DirectPush.

So OK, there's no good way to send pics via text message (it is called text messaging, right? I can send via email, however.) When I looked at the specs from Sprint, HTC, and Microsoft for the Mogul, at no point did it ever suggest that GPS would be offered. Only after I bought it in early October did it become "official" that it would be an update later (sweet-- bonus features).

I pull the phone off the charger at 8:00am every day, and when I plug it in at 9:00pm it is still in the 80-90% charge range. I've knocked it down to 60-70 with a lot of calls earlier in the week.

Now don't get me wrong, coverage areas will wreak havoc on battery life by causing the radio to work a lot harder. I turn off wifi and bluetooth and beams, because I don't use them very often. I turn them on AS NEEDED, however.

I just stopped by a Verizon kiosk yesterday with my mom to look at the Samsung i760 and the VX6800. The specs are very comparable, though obviously not identical.

Now don't me wrong, I know that 64MB of RAM isn't really enough. I know the faulty firmware in October was annoying (it bit me too), but they corrected many issues and are correcting more soon. They're even giving bonus features like GPS that were never originally promised (I know a handful of you claim otherwise, but you haven't documented that very well).

How, then, is this lawsuit legitimate? What features are missing that other phones have? Picture messaging? OK, but it was never promised. GPS? OK, but it wasn't promised and is coming anyway. Am I missing something? EV-DO Rev. A? OK, but it's coming. Yes, I'll grant you that it's late from original estimates, but I'm sure they weren't expecting the Oct. firmware glitches.

Please, oh please, fill me in. I was promised 64MB of RAM. I got it. I would love to have more, but I got what I paid for.