The noise level on Android forums is more reasonable now, but for the first year it was at least as bad as it is here. And the complaints sounded almost exactly the same...

This crap phone can't do this or that but the iPhone does!
Where's the apps?
Will my phone get the next version of the OS?
How can HTC treat me like this? They suck!
I'm throwing this worthless thing in the trash and getting (insert here)!
I'll never buy anything connected to Google again!

...and on and on. Pick a complaint - I heard 'em all about Android.

But as the OS improved, apps came and users got the hang of Android the atmosphere got more reasonable. Same thing will happen with Maemo/MeeGo.