I certainly hope we can upgrade. And you make a very valid point. If Maemo 6 is going to come out very soon (12 months), that means that most developers won't REALLY invest too much time into programming for an OS that's already received it's expiration date. In my opinion, I think it will be supported. the N900 is a top of the line product. It has a high resolution screen, camera, fast processor, tons of ram. I'm sorry, but my only REAL experience is with Blackberry. Look at the 8100, 8800 and 8300 series. Those models are YEARS old, and they have gotten updates from 4.1 to 4.2, to 4.5 and now to 5.0 very soon. 5.0 is the end of their lifeline but they've survived many years upgrading with 64 megs of ram and a low res screen and a crappy 1-2 mpx camera (if that, note 8800 series which doesn't sport any camera). I can't wait for this device