Pro 2 is Also missing 3d accelaration. Confirmed!

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Originally Posted by pbeaul

Comparing this to forks and knives isn't exactly the same thing. Would people eat at a restaurant with no forks and knives? Yea... like 0.01% of the people would... effectively ignoring a huge percentage of people, unless you're purposely catering to that niche market. Will people buy an HTC touch pro 2 (or any other model) phone even though it doesn't have built-in graphics drivers? Yes, large majority of people that the phone appeals to will buy it with or without drivers. The business decision comes into play is how many MORE customers will be gained/lost versus the cost of licensing.
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It is EXACTLY the same thing...I'm sure at least 30% or more of the world population eats like this if not more..because to them its part of daily life and they don't have a choice...if you were starving you'd eat food off the floor before you know it. Same thing...we don't have much choice other then the TP2 for business use if we want a function phone, if another manufacturer like Samsung were to release similar phone with drivers, then I'd obviously go that way.

Not to mention, there are many people out there who are willing to pay extra to get the drivers..but thats not even an option. I'm sure you'll find that a few thousand people would pay extra to get those drivers. I mean they could sell the drivers like they sell software for 20$-50$ per device...and I assure you people will buy.

Most people that buy the HTC devices though probably don't know that drivers are not included. Trust me, if the drivers were included in all devices and there was plenty of choice and the TP2 didn't have them, there would be outrage at HTC. You accept it because your used to it being this way.