Unfortunately, one only has to look back at when this thread started - and to look at Sony's lack of response both here and to other major issues such as their spatial filtering of exposures to longer than 3.2 seconds - to have little belief in Sony's responsiveness to requests such as those voiced here. Sad to say, but if you want a camera whose manufacturer is responsive to its end-users, you would be better off buying another brand - Olympus or Fuji perhaps, who have a much better record in this...
-John