@sconnelly: We are by no means "settling" for 1.6, but given what we're up against, it might be easier to go in baby steps. At this point it is sill not confirmed that 2.0 will be completely compatible with the Rogers Magic and Dream (because of 3G issues I believe? Andy2010 can probably answer this better), and 2.1 _may_ be too large to fit on our phones until/unless they find a way to make the final code smaller.
We KNOW 1.6 will work on our phones, we have yet to confirm if 2.0 will work. I agree it would be nice to skip right to 2.0, but considering how long we would have to wait for _that_ I'd rather have 1.6 within a month or two, than continue waiting for an update we might not be able to use.
I would agree to demanding we have 1.6 by February 28 by the latest, given that as far as we know HTC has done no work yet to prepare it with Rogers customization. If they can not promise 1.6 by that date, then we are back to looking at your other options. As for 2.0, provided we can confirm from sources _other_ than HTC and Rogers that it will work on these phones, we would continue to lobby Rogers/HTC for 2.0 by a specific date (and a promise from them to deliver it).
Agreed. Rogers needs to understand that these aren't "phones with a few tricks" these are mini-computers that can make phone calls, which means they are closer to the iPhone than to the Blackberry. I don't know why they refuse to trade us for iPhones given that the price should be similar? I think this might be a case for trying to contact _Apple Canada_ to let them know they have a chance to convert a large group of people from Android to iPhone, which would be a nice
PR score for them.
Agreed. Many users in this forum are working on that right now. Check the posts from GBD and others who have been talking to the OotP.
A lawsuit should be kept as the final straw option, but we shouldn't get our hopes up. Lawsuits are never as clear cut as in the movies or TV. The courts may not even be willing to hear the case if they feel it has no merit, and depending on the fine print of the Rogers contracts, it might not. Ultimately it would be useful to get the opinion of a lawyer on this matter, and in fact one of our members is _already_ pursuing this, so you will need to wait to see what information he can get.