Android's browser isn't "Chrome" per se, and is tracked by it's own user agent. So no figures in the wild should be counting it toward Chrome's market share.

Yep. iiNet have been running a fairly extensive "The New No2" (ISP) after a series of recent acquisitions, although this reflects only DSL subscribers, so my comment was in relation to people that might dispute OP's post which stated that Optus was the #2 largest ISP.

Just before someone chimes in with this, iiNet is the 2nd largest ISP in terms of Broadband DSL subscribers - Optus would have more combined subscribers with DSL/Cable/other (which is what OP would be referring to).

Sony received a lot of flak for their Xperia X10 Android devices - with a poor Android release upgrade cycle (very slow updates and stopping updates after Android 2.1), unfriendly attitude to devs, etc. But they've done a complete 180 recently; they reversed the decision of the Xperia X10 phones only getting Android 2.1 and said they'd release Gingerbread on them, as well as unveil the bootloader/unlocking website.

Side Note: I'm currently testing the Xperia PLAY out as a sort-of competition for SE, and the UI is very smooth and responsive. I only used it a few times, but I heard the Xperia X10 (+Mini and Pro) had quite laggy UI, the PLAY and also presumably the Arc are a different story. These are phones that I would recommend to friends now (currently suggest they only purchase HTC handsets and will advise against Motorola / Lagblur). So I just wanted to put it out there that they're changing gears and learning from their mistakes, and they deserve a pat on the back for it.

They *forgot* to read the terms and conditions..

Mod parent up; the most he replies to leaves all of these points out.

He's also referred to Android as having "four or more app stores" when discussing the alleged "confusing consumer experience" (which as most probably know, while it is possible to install other "app stores", Android Market is nearly on every device and the most dominant by leaps and bounds.

I'm no star dev, but I have a few free applications on market. One of the things I noticed is for a while Google have had a message stating that copy protection is being deprecated, and replaced with "Licensing service". More information here: http://developer.android.com/guide/publishing/licensing.html. Not sure if this would affect OP's situation; whether he was/is using the old licensing services and/or if it will improve the situation in general.

They aren't "discarding" the community, rather they intend to more strongly enforce their TOS so things like twitter terminology stays at parity across all twitter apps.

What do you mean official compatibility for the Nexus One was dropped? Last time I checked, it was the second device to get Gingerbread (officially), and there have been no comments made from anyone at Google stating that it will not receive the next update.

I get the feeling Microsoft is able to offer a lot more product support for Nokia with WP7. With Google it's more like "here's the source drop, GL compiling it". There's obviously a bit more behind the MS-Nokia deal than "you can use our OS". (Disclaimer: I'm a massive Android fanboy, own 4 handsets, I just think WP7 is a better fit for Nokia. And it needs a bolster to be more competitive and hence generate competition in the market).

Have you turned sync adapters on? (Power control widget's 2nd last icon). If you have sync disabled it won't work.

Nokia has too much invested in their own technologies to adopt Android.

Watch Season 2 onward. I too took the same precedent as you, but the story developers late season 1, is strengthened season 2; and by the end of season 2/start of season 3 it's enthralling. Without spoiling too much, the "bad" guys/race are the fringe team in a specific alternate dimension, and they have a rich interlinked past which is explored in the show. Might sound a little cheezy from how I put it, but it's executed brilliantly.

Not to throw anything away from your post, but I've got a Nexus One and don't have any of the issues mentioned. I generally don't reboot the phone (sometimes it'll be up for weeks as long as I keep to a proper charging schedule). Stock Android has everything i need, so much so that i consider the fact that it has stock Android to be a _feature_ (and anything else, i.e. Motoblur to detract from it). I'd be pointing to Motorola for your issues; there are phones out with rougly the same specs that run really smoothly (i.e. HTC Desire Z - 800Mhz processor as well but is snappy).

My friend does have a defy and i've noticed the lag. Whether it's just Motoblur (which is still garbage and just looks ugly, why do they keep including it!), or HTC are doing some optimizations that Motorola isn't, who knows - I still won't be buying a Motorola phone because of their poor upgrade support!