This entire discussion is a bit pointless: Of course Nokia isn't going to fix the remaining bugs in OS2008; they need you to all buy the new tablet when (if) it comes out, especially in their current eroding market position.

The situation will be exactly the same as with the 770 to N800 transition: If you want the new features, you're going to have to give cash to Nokia. Eventually a crippled version of the new software, so-called "community developed", will make it to the N8x0, but it will only work to the extent that it will make you crave for the new device.

It's just how Nokia works. It's not as if, because they're throwing "open source" and "community" around, that they've suddenly changed their MO. Just look at them as a company that wants your money, don't pay attention to the buzzwords and the fanboi spinning and consider this: "Knowing what I know about how they've done things re the tablets since 2005, are they still worthy of my cash?"

And please, don't make the mistake of assuming Nokia is interested in or furthering the open source community, because they aren't. Or, to be more precise, they're only interested in a community that brings them profit.

In view of this, IMO the only mistake Nokia has made is in putting the launch date of the new tablet so far ahead (summer '09, which most likely will translate in to Q409) and already starting the covert "no more bugfixes" operation. I'm sure someone inside is by now really p*ssed off that people have started seeing through the "fixed in Fremantle" hussle so soon, so maybe there's a possibility of a few token fixes down the line. So keep your hopes up