end-user psychology
For those of us who follow phone OSes and such, 2010 seems like an eternity. For the average phone user, even users of smartphones, 2010 is next year. They're probably not looking to buy a new phone until then anyway. (Those on contract only upgrade about every two years and those off contract have spent so much on their unlocked phone, they don't want to toss out the investment in such a short time.)
It may seem like a long time between (major system) updates, but we're the only people who really pay much attention to that sort of thing.
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HTC HD2 US (unlocked) + 16GB micro SDHC (in holding)
HTC Evo + 16GB micro SDHC (in use)
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