As much as I am saddened that the update has been pushed back, it's still nice to know that my droid is scheduled to get another update within a few months of being released!
For those of you who may have just jumped onto the smartphone wagon, let me describe some of my past experiences with other "smartphones" and their updates (or lack thereof).
Somehow I was chosen to be the person in our IT department that handles all of the company cell phones, as well as any executive's personal phone. Throughout the years I have worked with just about every model and brand of smartphone that existed. In those years, I was asked countless times when/if there was an update for (insert model of phone here)? My answer to most of those was: I have read that there is a POSSIBLE update coming... no concrete release date or any information has been set. I will let you know when one is available. Most of those resulted in... "yeah, it doesn't look like that model is getting an update. Instead they are releasing a newer model with the newer software..."
In all of those years, if any model had ONE! update in its life cycle, it was a miracle! Windows Mobile phones were the worst! The only ones you could find somewhat regular updates for were HTC phones, as there were cooked roms for the taking from other models/carriers. However, getting an official update from the carrier almost never happened. Updates were usually only pushed if there was a major flaw or security issue. Blackberries have begun rolling out about 2-3 updates per device over their life time. Some get more, some get less.
For the Droid, we have already had one update and are close to our 2nd update and it's only been a few months since its release. Sure, there are some bugs with 2.01... as there will be with 2.1. Exchange email support is still not as good as it should be, nor is the pop3 and the other non email issues. However there are applications available that fill those voids. Whether you choose to use those, or complain about the lack of functionality by using just the stock applications is up to the end user.
No phone I have ever used required zero tweaking or zero software installations to make it do what I thought it should do out of the box. I have accepted the fact that I will need to tweak it to fit my taste and requirements. So far, it is still the best smartphone I have ever used! So, when the update finally is pushed I will get it. Until then, I am satisfied using my stock 2.01 Droid that WILL be getting a 2.1 update in the near future.
Ok... sorry for the lengthy post... I don't post much, as I tend to be very long winded!
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