Apparently you are not a linux user in every day life, for else you would have known that the Debian based apt-get is famous for it's ease of use. If it's a mess on your machine, you could have simply turned off a couple of repos with just a few clicks. Has nothing to do with the device itself, but with the way it's being used. Why do you think Ubuntu chose apt-get and became immensely popular, especially for it's ease of use and friendliness to new linux users?

I don't know about Bloomberg but will admit I am annoyed too while spending hours trying to figure out why exchange with SyncEvolution does not work with my... Evolution on Linux... Serious flaw. Admitted.

Bored with a device that has a new function seeing light almost every week? And you're a gadget freak? Odd. Oh, you were a gadget freak.

Didn't you read the specs before you bought it? It's called a slide out. Admitted, it takes me a minute or two as well, to slide it out and start typing. You're right... Time is valuable here. /sarcasm.

Basic Linux functionality. Typing the first letter while in contacts is a difficult task for you to perform? Really?

Well, jackass, I don't know. But you do not sound like the target audience for this device.

Well. Different devices for different people and different tastes. My ex gf has a HTC and loves it. I have used it a couple of times, to solve some problems, or better put, to try and do that, but the hood was welded well shut and so is the trunk. Perfect for her, less perfect for me. I always wondered though, who's corpse is laying in that trunk and whether they had not simply put a couple of kids under the hood with peddles, rather than a powerfull engine.

Good luck with the Android and the spam you'll no doubt be receiving from our friend Google in the near future...

Edit: Really needs to learn to put the / slash before the QUOTE-tag and not after it.