I always lean toward knowing WTF happened verses not, but I suppose the reverse is certainly possible. The nice thing about getting a message is *sometimes* if you get said message and Google with the right magic words it you'll find a solution to the problem, while if it just goes "blink" and the application/device dies/reboots you'll have nothing.
(In particular I managed to fix a problem related to the calendar blowing up on my old HTC Incredible with some creative Googling of the "process X puked" message; HTC's official solution to the problem was to reset the phone to factory settings and restore, which seems to be the suggested solution for a lot of iPhone/iPad problems.)
That said, I can't remember the last time I had a background process wedge and die on any of my Android devices... (Wait, no, I stand corrected. Totally forgot about the freaking Facebook widget. *sigh*) The web browser on my Samsung tablet does like to nuke itself occasionally (I dunno, once a week? depending on how many tabs I have open), but it's rarely been a problem since it's good at restoring windows after a crash. Is what it is, I guess.
(In particular I managed to fix a problem related to the calendar blowing up on my old HTC Incredible with some creative Googling of the "process X puked" message; HTC's official solution to the problem was to reset the phone to factory settings and restore, which seems to be the suggested solution for a lot of iPhone/iPad problems.)
That said, I can't remember the last time I had a background process wedge and die on any of my Android devices... (Wait, no, I stand corrected. Totally forgot about the freaking Facebook widget. *sigh*) The web browser on my Samsung tablet does like to nuke itself occasionally (I dunno, once a week? depending on how many tabs I have open), but it's rarely been a problem since it's good at restoring windows after a crash. Is what it is, I guess.