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Late last week, I saw an article called “13 Things That Bug Us About Android - Cupcake or No Cupcake” hit my RSS Reader (Google Reader, of course). I overcame my reluctance to click, assuming I would be overwhelmed with a tone of iPhone fanboism. But like it or not, Devin Coldewey produces a pretty honest list of shortcomings with a brief explanation of his frustrations. I don’t agree with all of them but here is the list, sans explanation:

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  1. Notifications are buggy and limited
  2. Lack of notification customization
  3. Can’t “exit” apps
  4. Can’t organize apps from “app drawer”
  5. Dismiss voicemail notifications doesn’t work properly
  6. Search Box uto-complete is too sensitive
  7. Contact list needs UI improvements
  8. Mail apps are buggy
  9. Want more use of long touch
  10. Ring profiles needed
  11. Key illumination
  12. Android Market app changelogs
  13. Menu button should wake the phone up!

At the end he admits:

That’s all we could come up with

And considering much of that is nit-picking rather than severe functionality flaws - for example 3 of the 13 are complaints about the “notifications” - we have to say that Google is doing a pretty darn excellent job with Android. But there ARE flaws and even if we reckon Android is awesome, complacency won’t get us much of anywhere. So share your top frustrations with Android (the OS not hardware, and keeping cupcake in mind) and lets see if we can’t pinpoint the top needs in a democratic fashion.

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