Thread: Is there an official N900 software roadmap?
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Svengalis is offline Svengalis
2009-12-20 , 18:01
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Originally Posted by SD69 View Post
At this point in time, I would says odds are that Maemo 5 apps won't be ported easily to Maemo 6.

That Maemo 5 doesn't support an on-screen keyboard is a disadvantage IMHO; hopefully this isn't the case with Maemo 6 as well.

I think we at the point now where many people are acting with the suspicision that Maemo 5 won't be maintained after Maemo 6 is released.
Maemo 5 applications written in Qt will be easily ported to Maemo 6 (and very likely vice-versa, as long as they don't rely on new platform features). Please cite your reasons why you claim otherwise.

Maemo 5 DOES feature a soft (on-screen) keyboard. You must not own an N900.

History suggests that Nokia will drop support for Maemo 5 when it moves on to 6. That will be at least a year from now, but all of our crystal balls are a bit fuzzy.