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... or little minds. In any event, is it too much to ask for some consistency in the way my cell phone functions?

I've got a v360. Overall, it seems to be a pretty good phone. It's certainly the best phone I've ever owned. (Duh) The camera's crap, but I don't care that much. I only got a camera because I wanted Bluetooth, and couldn't get it without a camera. Anyway, I suspect all cell phone cameras are crap.

However, there are some thing about it that just make me a bit crazy, mostly because anybody with even half a clue should have known better:

It lets me customize the noises it makes for various types of events. Except for the instant messenger client. The AIM client has only two options for sound - on and off. If the phone is in vibrate mode, it'll vibrate instead of bleeping. In the combined vibe and ring modes, it just bleeps.

When you plug the phone in to recharge, whatever ring mode it was in is changed to "Loud". (It changes back when you unplug it.) Presumably the theory is that the phone may not be close to you when charging, and you may want to hear it. (I haven't checked whether 'silent' or 'soft' actually change.)

However, as I discovered this morning, the alarm clock function in the phone will helpfully not play its alarms while the phone is plugged in. Unlike the ring-mode changing, it doesn't even warn you about this. Presumably, the theory is that the phone's programmers are idiots.

Consistency in user-interface and modes of operation. It's not just a good idea.