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Originally Posted by SaltyDawg

I gave the stock ROM a chance. I had to- there was no hard SPL yet.

And yeah, the stock ROM sucked, big time.

Having said that- the stock ROM is not Microsoft's fault. That is a Sprint (and HTC) thing. The fact that you can use a custom ROM that prforms much better (and at a satisfactory level) just means Microsoft actually got it right. The problem is Sprint customized the ROM in an unsatisfactory manner. And this is the normal thing for carriers to do.

(Agreeing, not arguing) Yes, but that is the point, isn't it? Sprint...Verizon...etc all do their thing to "WinMo" but the unknowing customer just assumes it's all WinMo's fault. This furthers the perception of Windows being garbage.