Have you heard anything about this somewhat smaller Sony/Ericsson update that will allow 2 finger use of the screen as well as other smaller improvements? Sony says it released the update about 2 weeks ago but I’ve not seen anything from Rogers.

[...] This morning we reported that Rogers Wireless would be the exclusive North American partner for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, but we questioned if the Canadian carrier had learned from their upgrade issues. [...]

i don’t know u shiting,Oh no, not *some* htc phones…that can easily port from a non-rogers version.

How about the Samsung Galaxy which globally is stuck on 1.5!?

[...] This morning we reported that Rogers Wireless would be the exclusive North American partner for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, but we questioned if the Canadian carrier had learned from their upgrade issues. [...]

Oh no, not *some* htc phones…that can easily port from a non-rogers version.

How about the Samsung Galaxy which globally is stuck on 1.5!?

If you don’t like how the carriers treat you, then buy a dev. or SIM free phone…

They subsidise the cost of the handset and need to make that money back (e.g. by not paying for updates on the handset, etc).

Thankfully I figured out how to root the other day. Best decision ever. I wish there was an exe file or something that could do the job for less learned users. There were a couple of scary moments in there. I wish there were more features with cyanogen, but their tutorial cannnot be beat. For rogers users check out the cyanogenmod wiki and look for the EBI1 kernel tutorial. This way you can use your existing radio to avoid conflicts.

I lined up (I was the only one lol) for the HTC Magic the day it came out. I’m paying a fortune for 3g and the rest of rogers wireless services. GIVE ME 1.6! I’m not asking for 2.0… GIVE ME a paid apps store! I’m willing to fork over money if you let me!!! I’ve had to install SlideMe to get access to paid apps and those versions aren’t updated as much.

I’ve tried to Root my phone, but since I applied the official HTC firmware update (which was nice…) I can’t get any of the root methods to work.

If you’re not gonna gimme 1.6, let me root. If you’re not gonna let me root give me access to the official paid app market. I’m not asking for much. I just want the full, damn android experience.

I agree with you in that Apple has complete control over the iphone. However, you can jailbreak it, just like you can root some of the android phones. There are tons of mods out there for jailbroken iphones, some are really cool. I find it hilarious that the same people on here advocating rooting your android phone just to get latest functionality are the same ones bashing iphone users for having to jailbreak their iphones to customize them.

But at least with an iphone you know you’ll get updates (for free too) and that AT&T has no say over whether or not you can get the updated OS, you get it directly from Apple. Also with the iphone, every phone is capable of running the latest and most up to date and secure version of the OS. Not so with Android phones.

Problem is, he only supports the two phones that he owns. nothing else.

This is a complete slackness on the entire triumvirate of cellphones in the android market. Google should demand that hardware and cell providers update on a regular basis. Also, I blame Google for the fractured nature of Android. Giving only Motorola the 2.0, then hiding 2.1 for themselves and their nexus one phone.