Thread: Maemo device vs Android device/Apple iPhone: Upgradable Operating Systems
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2010-02-15 , 17:46
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Originally Posted by ysss View Post
....Where in the old business model they don't get any revenues _AT_ALL_ from their old products, in the new app/content-delivery market, these old products can potentially keep a revenue stream for them. Don't for get that:

a). The app/content library will always grow
b). So will their customer base, as second hand handsets are passed on to other users

You do the math...
no, not from the OLD products, but from the new ones that are being sold more often due to the need of the customers to keep up when compatibility breaks.

Let's wait and see whether Maemo 6 and 5 are compatibe (or if n900 runs Maemo 6), and whether any real changes to the iPhone (e.g decent screen resolution or improvements in the OS usability) break backward compatibility or not. Then we can talk again.

As to apps, the vast majority of those simply compensate for the lack of real computer capabilities on the smartphones. As phones become able to run real computer software, most apps will become obsolete.
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