How about a real alternative, like PostgreSQL?

You are comparing apples to oranges.
Apple does not make a sub 200$ phone. Not yet at list. I also don't know of any sub-200$ Android phone.
Maybe you're one of those guys that insists to use his phone only for making calls and that's fine. But you can't ignore the fact that the smartphone market (and its "offspring", the tablet market) is still growing. Nokia is really hurting in that segment. Its offerings are poor, too expensive, or (in the case of tablets) non-existent.
I've used Nokia phones with Symbian before. As a (dumb) phone it's been a great experience, but I fail to identify those great unique features you talk about. They don't have anything that could stand up to something like the Iphone or the Galaxy S in terms of features, ease of use and most importantly: available software.

They entered the fake search terms in Google's search engine using Internet Explorer with the Bing toolbar installed. The toolbar tracked the search terms entered in Google's search engine and the results shown by Google. How is that not copying their search results?

As others have already pointed out there are a lot of technical problems which need to be sorted out before something like this could be viable.
My guess is it will never happen.
Regarding your engine power vs speed limit comment: it's not just about maximum speed, acceleration matters also.

(sigh)
I guess it's true what they say: sometimes by fixing a bug you introduce new ones.

Thanks, now I'll have nightmares thinking about what Nazgul porn might involve.

Sounds like you learned that from experience. One of the cons of maintaining the data center for Sauron, huh? Hope the pay is good, at least.

Step2: Sell the roentgenium.
Step3: Buy more gold?

Apparently they do care, or else they wouldn't be interested in unblockable ads, would they?

No. The number of possible games for rock-paper-scissors played by two protagonists is combinations of three taken two at a time (with repetitions) - 9.

Pathetic excuse ... I already sold my 3G and sure as hell won't buy another Iphone. Next stop: Android city.

You should read some of his posts on the 5series.net forum (the link is a few posts up).
There is nothing defensible in his behavior. As someone already mentioned it was a heavily populated area with a school near by.
His answer on the forum was that he is careful when driving and that he made sure the road is clear before pulling the stunt. That comment alone should give you an idea about his total lack of maturity.
He even managed to crash his car a few weeks after the speeding incident. Enough said.

It's not just one single app ... all apps from Jackeey Wallpaper
http://www.androidzoom.com/android_developer/jackeeywallpaper_bofz.html

Epic WIN!
It really isn't.

Read the post right above yours ... the european version of Droid (Milestone) cannot be flashed with a custom ROM. And it's already been a few months since it launched.
Maybe it has an eFUSE, maybe it doesn't ... you still can't root it.
Besides, Motorola acknowledged the fact that some of their phones are (will be) locked down and even recommended getting a nexus one instead, if you want to hack your phone.