I'm running the Android 2.1 Espresso release on my Touch Pro. I'm finding that its mostly snappy, with the odd slowdown. I'm going to try today's kernel, as the current one I grabbed yesterday reboots if I try Wifi. 3G is working, and HTC's UI is awesome.
How to Get It Working:
Grab the latest 2.1 "Rosie" package of Android 2.1 Espresso from
XDA's Blackstone Forum
Grab Last Night's Autobuild zImage
Grab Last Night's Autobuild rootfs
Grab Latest initrd
1. Cleaned SD of old files.
2. Installed the 2.1 package to my SD.
3. Copied calibration files and startup.txt from Makkonen's package.
4. Copied zImage, modules, rootfs, initrd to SD.
5. Boot into Android 2.1 with Haret!
Features of Note in the 2.1 Release:
Boots up with Verizon Logo (On my Telus Touch Pro)
HTC's UI with I believe 5 desktops and a ton of HTC widgets.
More Sync Accounts (Twitter, Flickr, Facebook, Etc)
Flash 10.1 in the browser!
Problems of Note
Give it time to finish booting and load the 3G logo before starting setup. Try Wifi if the kernel's Wifi is know to work, otherwise stick with 3G.
The hardware keyboard didn't work for a few minutes after everything else was working, then suddenly it worked just find, although laggy at times.
Thanks again to Makkonen for building this Touch Pro community of Android fans!