Is 256Mb of RAM enough for Android powered smartphone

[slfly]

I want to buy Motorola Milestone (because it is the only Android powered phone with keyboard + large screen), but the one of it's main drawbacks is just 256mb in contrast to 384/512mb in newest Android phones like Nexus one or so on. I believe that sooner or later the bootloader will be hacked so why not to look a little bit forward to future Android builds. So it would be very interesting to hear your opinion: is 256Mb RAM enough or it would be better to wait 512Mb powered phones in case of future Android's upgrading?

 

[takeshi]

It's an entirely subjective matter. Many of us find 256 to be enough. Does that mean you will? Not necessarily.

 

[IOWA]

I personally say no.

Google needs to make a mandate, similar to winmo7, with minimum specs on the phone. It should have at LEAST 512M ram.

 

[slfly]

Ok, thank you guys for your opinions.