People keep saying the rooting community is so small and insignificant that HTC simply doesn't care. There is absolutely no factual basis behind that sentiment. If the rooting community was so small and insignificant, then there is no way HTC would have spent the time and money on locking down millions of phones. And there is certainly no way HTC would have issued a statement that they are reviewing their bootloader policy less than 8 hours after we first learned about their policy. The facts all say it is not such a small and insignificant group. Just because YOU don't know anyone who roots, doesn't mean the rest of us don't know anyone who roots. I personally know several people who root. In fact, out of everyone I know with an Android phone, there are only a few who don't root anymore.
If you think the Evo 3D is going to outsell the Evo 4G, you're crazy. Sprint themselves said they don't expect it to sell like the Evo 4G. Heck, they are releasing it right after the Echo (admittedly not a great phone) and announcing the Photon around the same time. Not to mention we have a Nexus S, and soon will have a Galaxy S 2.
There is just no way the Evo 3D will shatter the sales records set by the Evo 3D. Especially now that the most hardcore users who were the most excited about it (the same ones who got all their friends to buy the Evo 4G last year) are all on the verge of boycotting HTC.
