If the article's author's Droid behaves in the ways he says it does, it is clearly defective. I have never, not once, had to "force quit" any built-in application. The contact list works flawlessly. When I click an application icon, it starts every time. As a phone, the thing is rock solid.
The only applications that I have had to "force quit" have been a couple buggy apps from the market, which I subsequently uninstalled. Yes, buggy software is allowed into the market. That's fine by me; sometimes a buggy beta app is better than no app at all.
And about the shutter button: why would I want it to launch the camera app? On my standalone digital camera I sure don't expect the shutter button to turn it on...
The only applications that I have had to "force quit" have been a couple buggy apps from the market, which I subsequently uninstalled. Yes, buggy software is allowed into the market. That's fine by me; sometimes a buggy beta app is better than no app at all.
And about the shutter button: why would I want it to launch the camera app? On my standalone digital camera I sure don't expect the shutter button to turn it on...