Could somebody tell me honestly why we NEED new hardware to produce good quality software?

Good software should scale from the device it was designed for UPWARDS into anything else.

If we continue to just create software as if it was a desktop we will be unhappy with the performance, even on the new device I do not expect to be running glitzy glamerous highly animated 3d programs for hours - it will just eat the battery.

I expect to be able to run lots of simple applications quickly and smoothly, but then when i need to use a bigger app I still can and the extra horsepower will come through.

If we design software to maximize what we have we win on both fronts with shiny FAST software on both our old and our new hardware with extra battery life to boot.

I don't want to be back here in 2 years talking about how crappy and slow fremantle stuff is, I want to be running Maemo software on any compatible device.