Thread: Maemo 6 / Harmattan on N900?
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Hogwash is offline Hogwash
2009-10-15 , 15:24
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Originally Posted by GodLikeCreature View Post
I hope they are smart enough to provide enough continuity to N900 users... After all, we are talking about a very expensive gadget, one you donīt want to through away after 1 year!
Don't forget the different delivery channel for the Maemo OS - it's a binary that gets 'flashed' onto the device. It ain't like a linux distro that can accumulate a DVD-worth of legacy cruft to support Pentium3 machines onwards. Size constraints are a very significant factor.

If Maemo6 is well architected, then it may be reasonable to expect an N900 build to be hacked, stripping away any N920-specific hardware dependencies (multitouch frex), yet retaining the desktop sophistications that are envisioned.

Maybe.