Thread: Maemo 6 / Harmattan on N900?
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2010-01-29 , 14:31
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Originally Posted by NvyUs View Post
on the slides from maemo summit it says "multitouch on capacitive displays" and "multi-touch Gestures" on the Maemo 6 UI Framework slide
http://www.allaboutmaemo.com/news/it...the_Maemo_.php
as for n900 wont get maemo 6 quote there is no info to back that up but i really hope it does not get it.
b/c it wont be able to run same apps as say n910 without extra work to substitute for its short comings e.g no multi touch amongst other things
so it will just go largely ignored by commercial developers porting software from other platforms like from iphone.
and new software developed from scratch will be coded with the weakest link in mind to boost units distributed limiting the innovation on new maemo 6 devices if n900 gets upgraded.
I disagree with this on many levels.

The only apps it won't be able to run properly are multi-touch apps.... the entire android line of phones seem to work just fine without it.. and even if Android 2.1+ get it, it's not like all the previous phones suddenly become void.

If M6 were to come to the N900 it is still the same basic framework as M6 for the 910... exactly the same OS with one difference: Driver for the touchscreen. All QT or whatever apps coded for the one will run on the other (assuming an ARMEL device), or PyQt4 or whatever - just some may not be 100% functional without the touchscreen.. and others may not work as well on the 910 without the accuracy of a resistive.

However, what I do think is it is an unbelievably horrific business practice to release a device or phone with the intention of ignoring it and making it obsolete less than 3-4 months after release. That is completely unsatisfactory that some things are marked with "harmattan" as a milestone for fix.. and it NOT coming to the N900. There was simply no reason for the N900 at all if that were to be the case.
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