The excuse that was usually given by certain Entourage fans on the forum for the slow progress on 2.2 was that they were busy with the Pocket Edge. They can't have their cake and eat it too; either E is too small to work on a new device and an OS upgrade at the same time or it was dragging its feet all summer and fall.

The reputation of which I wrote is a reputation for abandoning customers whose money they already have. In the Android world users are completely dependent on the manufacturer of their device for OS upgrades, so a manufacturer that stops working on the device is sentencing their customers to be forever stuck with the original OS unless they fork over more money for a new device. Of course, if a manufacturer nurtures an independent developer community (or at least doesn't take actions that interfere with independent development) some of this burden is removed, as antsy early adopters can find upgrades through alternative means. Hint, hint.