I know it's new hardware - that's what it's all about.

However, I also know that I can easily compile all of my Desktop OS for a new platform. - You know, the reason why I get a bit upset here is that this is exactly the one point that made me choose a (supposedly) "open" device rather than one based on proprietary SW like Microsoft's: When Microsoft says a new Zune-Firmware will not run on 1st Generation Zune-Hardware, I'll live with it because I knew from the start these things would happen.

Nokia, on the other hand, claims that their 770/N800-devices are built around free software; this would mean the community had access to all the sources and could happily build a version of the OS2007 that will run on a 770.
We always knew that Nokias Software is not free at all, we knew that they did include proprietary parts. But we never cared that much, did we? We were happy to play with the toy. - Now it's the first time that we suffer the consequences: They decided not to make OS2007 available to the early adopters, to their most faithful customers, and there's nothing we can do about it. It's closed source, in fact. They take from the community, but what they give back is just not enough.