What I was trying to say (I should should have made it clearer) in the first sentence is that Nokia may be considering the N900 is in the past because the Nokia V.P. has said: "N900 owners shouldn't hold their breath, though, as Nokia is focusing on bringing its free navigation service to the next generation of Maemo devices. That's not to say that the N900 won't get it eventually, only that it's not currently on the roadmap." Before Nokia start talking about the next version of maemo they should be concentrating on the current version and supporting it. One obvious way is to release the free version of ovi maps on the n900. If Nokida are "focusing" on the "next generation of maemo devices" then logically they are not focusing on the current version! The opposite should have been said: "Nokia are focusing on the current generation of maemo devices... ..eventually the next generation will get it and is on the roadmap" This is what I meant by the n900 as the past and maemo 5 as legacy. I personally do not believe that but Nokia seem to leaning this way.
"The n900 was successful but from Nokia's point-of-view no (sic) much money can be made from it once its been sold but they have to support it and this means allocating minimal numbers of developers to it. They would rather use these developers for the next product."