Thread: Maemo 6 / Harmattan on N900?
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2010-01-30 , 01:34
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Originally Posted by crash16 View Post
Maybe you are right but what will happen if there will be released another phone with some more things the n900 doesn't have...and you won't get any updates, games, proper apps...etc. AND all the developers will forget that exists. As about sygic nav is not released because of nokia. Does anyoane have a clue why?
I think it'd be fine, so long as the OS is still available on both devices. Simply having different or more features on a newer device doesn't make a current device orphaned so long as the software is available for both and recognizes that there CAN be different hardware (as desktop apps do, for instance).

I thought Sygic was just awaiting approval from Nokia. Did you find out one way or the other?

Originally Posted by wmarone View Post
Oh so you already have inside information that Nokia has (in the past few days) dropped support for the N900 entirely?
Or are you just trolling because you don't like the fact that the N900 has a cellular modem?
hehe.. that's ADORABLE, how you called someone a troll as you troll on through yourself. But no, I was asking whether that was the case.

Originally Posted by wmarone View Post
The moment the G1 (or any Android device for sale now) is dropped from sale you will see support dry up instantly. Even if you have a bug in a library that can't be upgraded without upgrading some driver, you will not get assistance.
In the meantime, they DID get pretty good jumps in upgrades. I think you're confusing a device that was released a year and a half ago, with a device that was released less than 3 months ago.

Originally Posted by wmarone View Post
That said, between how open Maemo is and with Mer moving forward, if a usable install for the N900 is ready before the next device is out I think a lot of complaints will be moot, and Nokia will show themselves willing to at least give the community enough support to keep their devices alive as long as possible.
Like actual customer support, parts and styluses? Your definition of support is myopic.

Originally Posted by wmarone View Post
Also, I don't think the days of a WiFi only internet tablet are coming back. WiFi is extremely restricting and had the N900 not come with GSM I'd probably be using an Android device now, disappointed in how limited the OS is and still thinking "if only..."
Maybe ... you're ... right!