I think you've missed another opposing "fact" to your so-called fact: How they treat the "fanboys" at TMO and how TMO "fanboys" react might be a barometer of things to come in the same way I'd made that point about Nokia ages ago. Nobody at Nokia wanted to listen back then either--I used to get a lot of "this isn't the place to get Nokia to pay attention" and I pointed out how it would serve them well to do so. You see how well that turned out?

Perhaps it would behoove them to start making more friends at TMO, seek out opinions and motivate participation from the developers who are among the many "fanboys" at TMO. I would think that it's exactly WHEN THEY ARE at this early point that they should especially value such opinions and community-building ahead of a release and during development.

...Or don't, and continue to ignore them. Let's see how well that turns out again. If nothing else, even if they succeed in finally putting this thing out, this adds more fuel to the notion that they're not interested in openness too.