no calendar So yes, the app not being installed by default is a problem, but what you write is untrue and misleading. Rant about it not being installed all you want, but if you know it exists why do you say it doesn't exist? Also, bug report

gmail Bug report?

Your current occupation does not give more credibility to your claims. In fact, it gives less credibility to the claim that you want this platform to succeed and that you write this blogpost to help the platform. It has been made very clear that the first phone was for enthusiasts and early adopters. For me, it is very good and I haven't looked back at my android phone since. I found a lot of bugs, but no deal-breakers and a lot of them have gotten fixed in the 3 weeks I have the phone. It could be that there are deal breakers for you. The randomly poor performance and flight mode strangeness, I can understand those are deal breakers.

But saying that you want this platform to succeed? I call bullshit! You have the technical capabilities to help make this platform great, but the only thing you do is yell to the internet. If you have time to yell at the internet, you have time to talk to the devs. - But real world users.. You know very well that bugs are to be expected and that it's already very good for a "first phone". It is up to people like us to report and help fix these issues before real world users get the phone.

No, Canonical doesn't have the millions Apple, MS and Google have to test before going to market. Testing while going to marked is the reason a small company like Canonical can make a competitive OS.