HTC Desire vs Internal Memory

In general, the HTC Desire is a great phone and I like the Android system.

....but a few things could be better! A lot better!

What I like best about Android is the possibility to have it they you want it, pretty much. Widgets or icons, small or large. Install and uninstall programs here and now.

Some things I don't get, and this is some of them!

Why are not all programs listed under programs?
One example: In Program Management, I have an RSS reader, but even if someone held a gun to my head, I wouldn't know how to start it? So I need to download another RSS app. Super!

Why am I not allowed to uninstall/delete default programs?
One example could be the afore mentioned RSS reader that came with the OS. Try uninstalling that if you can!
Let me decide what I want to delete and not delete. If I wanted that kind of limited freedom I would have bought an iPhone!

The worst thing - the worst - about the HTC Desire is....
....the ½ GB internal memory!! ½ GB!!! Really?! Who is the dope-head that figured ½ GB internal memory would be enough? Especially since the OS by far eats up the larger part of that and leaves very little space for apps.
The situation got better with Android 2.2 - The youghurt! 2.2 allows installation on the oh-so-necessary SD card ....IF, and that's a big IF, the app developers has programmed the app to also be able to run from the SD card!
How stupid is this?


"Oh? ½ GB internal menory is not enough?"

"OK, to sort of fix the ½ GB micro-internal memory situation, we have decided to add the option for a SD card! ..which you can't use for apps and thus does not solve shit!"

"OK! OK! So we hear you, all right?! It's now possible to install apps on the SD card! ...well, not all apps, and certainly not the default apps, you know, those apps you are not allowed to delete even if you never use them! ...yes, that's right! We're just fucking with you!"


Try and search the net for the ½ GB micro-memory issue, and you'll get more hits than you can throw you phone at.

However, most hits are stranding at the same solutions:

¤ Root the phone! I'm not doing this! Period! Why? It shouldn't be necessary!

¤ Do the same four steps everyone has tried already:
1) Clear the cache of your apps (Slow, and to little help)
2) Remove the apps you use rarely (Well "Duh?"!)
3) Install apps to the SD card by default (Because nobody thought of that already)
3) Factory reset! (You'll have your system up and running shortly, except everything is missing!)


The Android Market is full of apps claiming to be the solution for the ½ GB issue. Mostly all you get is a different interface for something your phone can do already. I download, try and delete! No more!


I found this article: How to force apps to move to the SD card on Froyo
Before I even consider trying this, does anyone happen to know if thsi works, or if there is a great risk of making your system FUBAR?

What is the solution? Is there a solution? How do you best clean your system for unused files?