[afolayan702]

Originally Posted by gTen

Yeah, I understand that Mango will offer better hardware..but M$ has been making fun of Android fragmentation for quite a while now..if they quickly raise the minimum they will be accused of it..and ticking off early adopters on a new platform isn't good for M$, neither is keeping that minimum doing them any good...they are going to have to choose one or the other and it will end up hurting them either way :/

I mean the HD2 which came out in 2009 already had a 1st gen snapdragon..its weird that they haven't thought a year later the specs would obviously not be enough :/

True, there will be growing pains, the best will learn quickly and adapt. The obvious solution will be what is valuable in long run. I don't believe people will be to upset beyond the hardcore platform supporters. Specs are needed for OS's that do not run smooth by themselves.
YouTube - Motorola Atrix Vs. Samsung Focus.3g2

User experience is Windows Phone 7's market and there are plenty of people willing to overlook some of the shortcomings in the beginning for a stable OS they can use and understand.
Samsung S series updates is the example I can think of with lack of updates/carrier witholdings etc.
The thing I take away is that we as consumers win and our opinions matter because there are different Os's to chose from. Different plateforms win- to keep pushing R&D to give us unique handsets within our price range.