Nokia has never provided an OS version upgrade for any phone so far. Remember phones started more as appliances rather than computers. An appliance performs the functionality it had when purchased. You get bug fixes, not new functions.

Getting new functions and OS upgrades is computer thinking, which is why that is what happens on iPhones which come from a computer company.

The current official stance from Nokia is that Meego/Maemo6 will run on the n900 but it is up to the community to provide and support it. Not Nokia.

However, this could change. The N900 could be considered the first mobile computer and so the rules are not yet set in concrete. But for now no new OS for either n900 or for ANY future nokia. This is not a restriction because of meego or specific to the n900- it is the current Nokia way unless changed.

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