1) Stock 160 Rom with Acer Shell removed from EXTROM
2) NO
3) Yes
4) internal speaker could be a little louder. There is also some ticking backgound noise (it is not static, the pattern of the noise repeats). The external speaker volume is OK, but I don't use it much. The bluetooth volume is also on the lower side.
5) I had a hard crash twice now. First incident was when openeing Google Maps the device shut down and rebooted. Second incident was when reading email and clicking the upper right corner (OK) button. When the screen switched back to the email list there was a short pop up with a error message then the device again booted.
6) Since the device is not configured with ATT settings for the US, I use a CAB file that enteres the specific connection schema to the registry. Never had an issue even after rebooting except for the fact that my phone always thinks it is in a roaming area - and it is not!
7) Never checked video performance. Cannot comment on this yet.
No and not for any other reasons
9) Again, have never tested this.
Some of my own gripes that I would like to add.
10) Already mentioned by other members: The touch screen sensitivity is hit and miss. I need to elaborate a little more on this because it seems to be software specific and not hardware related.
Example: I use Home 2 Pro as my today screen which uses finger guestures to move from screen to screen and to scroll through contact lists and emails. This works 100% flawlessly on my M900.
Yet, when I am inside messaging and I try to scroll down the email list the scrolling either goes way too slow or it scrolls beyond my finger.
Another anoyance is the fact that picking an item on the screen sometimes has no effect at all. It seems to be relational to the area of the press, like the finger tip versus using the finger nail or stylus which works more often. A tap on the screen should not be area depended?!?
11) It would be nice if the cell radio would be modified to correctly use cell tower information that works with google maps and other apps. I am 100% dependend on the GPS to tell me where I am and sometimes it is nice to have the cell tower info triangulate you on the map. Also Live Search uses this feature to locate your current town so you can lookup gas stations and other relevant info.
Thanks.