[livejazz]

Truth is, in general, the only people remotely concerned with an update on the TP2 are the fringe users on the forums, such as us. The average consumer user or business user either doesn't know or care about updates and alot of the business users are using enterprise custom ROM's that carry embedded third party software that is proprietary to their company, such as the ones included with devices my company sells. The pressure to release a new ROM isn't there if the device is performing well under normal every day conditions. Personally, I would like to see a ROM that has a UI that handles thousands of contacts well. That hasn't happened and is the reason I can't run SenseUI. I've been told by my MS rep that the new UI included with the upcoming new ROM is significantly better at handling large amounts of Outlook data. They know I will not be developing a new custom ROM for my customers based on this "bottom-of-the-9th" ROM release, but are counting on myself and others being impressed enough with the new UI to stop sniffing the other OS'es and concentrate on getting ready for the Windows phone custom enterprise ROM's. The situation was different with the previous two HTC slider Windows phones as they had significant discrepancies with their OEM ROM's that affected the consumer and small business sectors to a larger degree (they knew it, but was a race to market) and puplic relations and marketing had no choice but to address these concerns. I (and a couple of my employees) am always looking at the cutting edge developements in order to stay ahead of my competition in the third party developer/provider market. Just my 2 cents and a little different perspective.

matt