I can understand the frustration of these rumours of "the Christmas update" etc. but can see why they've materialised - it seems no expectations are set by Nokia for when anything will arise.

The stock answer to "why not?" on this front seems to be that Nokia never give release dates.

Again, it seems to be something that others manage but Nokia do not. I don't accept that you can't communicate a date for bugfixes and updates, IMO not being able to to me shows certain gaps in how these releases are being managed.

Please do tell me if there is a compelling reason not to communicate dates or set n900 owners expectation on this.