who cares. let others do it. let others test it & when they say everything is fine & fully stable, download it & use it in your mobile
yes chances of getting brick is always there even if you do everything correctly. after all updates from the manufacturers themselves have bricked mobiles many times, so using a custom rom the risk is always there but thankfully, most manufacturers acknowledge their warranty without going in depth to see if the mobile is modded. also dead mobiles don't speak

so until their technician digs up logs or memory dumps & analyses it (really time consuming), they prefer to simply repair it.
the one who should care about it, doesn't listen & instead went the other way of using some low grade 1200-1350mah battery with their Ace & Fit & Pop. as a result, before the users can really explore their mobile, they start looking for a plug point or calculating how much time left to reach home & how long the mobile will last.
Gingerbread "may" come. its not a guarantee but XDA already have 2-3 working gingerbread for O1 (Alpha but as users told, works fine). i don't trust any of the manufacturers, not even HTC. also if you want Optimus One just cause it offers 2days+ battery life, you may do some R&D on Ace's battery life with custom roms. if battery can't be extended beyond 30hrs, with moderate use, skip it. with time the condition will simply deteriorate.
hmmmmmmm, 11.5k is a small amount?
i'll have these 3 simple rules:
1. chance of getting mobile bricked is less.
2. can be unbricked somehow. at home only using softwares.
3. if it can't be unbricked by us or if the mobile is completely dead, customer care should offer good support.
any of these rules are not broken by the mobile, don't try to root it or play with it, whatever be its cost. these rules are made by me & for my own use. so mayn't suite you well. still sharing with everyone here
i'll prefer a modded & performance-battery optimized Froyo rom over a manufacturer released Ginga anyday. i really hate bloatwares & a modded roms perform much better than the updates (skin & themes removed).
true.
in stock state, Ace is lot better than O1. but once modded (& overclocked), O1 can take on Ace head on, provided you exclude the camera tests. even in photography, Ace isn't an Ace. its just a mediocre mobile camera. cause for 15k is high but it too got its limit.
iphone have an integrated battery isn't? & for that price, if you offer a substandard item, peoples will laugh at it (& then accept it). even if its Apple.