[XPERIA X10 General] :
But, according to that logic, it was not necessary upgrading from Donut to Eclair, as we find that X10 with A1.6 could acomplish calling/messaging/social networking/internet browsing/media playing in a decent way...

Then the problem comes now. Whoever wants to standarize the use of a phone shouldn't use a smartphone. I just can't understand for example that ppl who use a Samsung i9000, when the only things they do is calling, messaging and probably uploading photos to their Facebook... There are cheaper phones that could suit their simple needs. I think that having a phone like that and not knowing how much you can do with it is ignorance and vanity.

Now, let's talk about us, ppl who know what IS a smartphone and how much we can/need to do with it. I use my X10a for almost everything is meant to do: taking pictures, browsing the internet, HD video recording, Youtube, Twitter, playing HD games, listening to music, Wi-Fi and even experimenting with it (I installed Debian recently, thanks to a tuto. from here). OK, we can hack it and make it even greater, faster, smoother, etc. but the question is: if the phone can DO a lot, why not letting it to do it from the beginning (for example, DT from the release of the phone and not delayed almost a year?)

This makes think about Windows and the Registry. When you use a fresh copy of Windows, you can do the basics... But if you start to modify things in the Registry you can do even more with the system, making it more versatile, fast, and even prettier. The problem is, not all ppl can do this, M$ is just so lame to deliver a full-powered system, but even worse, they don't tell you how to optimize it (This doesn't happen in Linux, the more you read the more you learn how to make it good, because is opensource).

I'd hate to say that SE is acting in the same way, but hey, a phone with a 1GHz processor and 382 MBs in RAM just CAN'T be destined to only make calls and simple tasks...

All right, we have the great work of XDA devs., but we can't depend of them forever! So I encourage ppl to read and learn. However, this doesn't mean that SE can deliver a good phone but limited somehow, and then say: "guys, we didn't a complete job but you should do the rest, or if you have no experience then give that responsability to XDA, while we focus in the new Xperia line money-maker phones..."

Someone here in the forums (I don't remember right now who) said that we are geeks whining about not getting Froyo in our Xperias... I know Im not a geek, and being labeled as one doesn't offend me. But guess what? Geeks also buy smartphones. Im pretty sure there's a massive sector of 'geek' ppl who want to do more with a smartphone and demand a better support to make it better. It's easy to say "go to buy another phone", but hey, I love my X10 and I won't change it, and every dime I spent to buy it should be worth to get good updates, appropiated explanations, more contact and a better support from SE, don't you think?

There should be a mutual relationship between customer-company. Sometimes looks like the customers are guys only crying, demanding and attacking and the company is the evil side of the story, or even worse, SE is the royalty and we're the proletariat. I repeat one more time: SE is not working in the human part.

But not all is SE's fault, consumer ppl should start to see why they demand Froyo and what for. Saying thing like "stupid SE!" "I'll never buy a SE phone again!" doesn't help. Reasoning and arguing properly does. Contact also helps.

And yes, I said in another thread that buying the Arc would be ridiculous... Well, I still say it, particulary if we have a masterpiece like X10 ;)