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Originally Posted by TA-t3 View Post
The second point I don't like either, but I don't see how that can really happen, except by e.g. going to an incompatible ARM CPU and only provide binary, proprietary, necessary parts of the UI or some even more essential part of the system (kernel is _not_ a problem). Besides, it breaks completely with what Nokia people said after the 770->N800 transition fiasco.
TA,

All nokia needs to do to break compatability is to use features which do not run reasonably well on current hardware (maybe simply more complex algorithms, or simply a 3d interface)

Sure, you might get software running on current spec hardware but when you get framerates of 2-3fps (software rendering) its not going to be useful or rewarding: if we think current stuff is sluggish imagine how bad it would be..