That's the problem. The assumption that people are wanting upgrades for the sake of being an upgrade.

Quite wrong.

People are talking about - and I've stated this ad infinitum - upgrades for the fact that they just purchased a N900, have some grievances that might not get fixed simply because of the fact that Nokia has not supported their older version of Maemo once the newer version is announced.

Diablo got released, Fremantle got announced... Diablo became a dead end with that announcement. Not one single update since.

I can't even fathom where the whole "update for update sake" comes from... people want to know if the current woes in the N900 will ever get released. Instead of coy statements that don't ever say "yes" or "no"... or the opposite which is downright aggressive antagonism because people just rather place people into small groups that just may not fit that person. Simply put, instead of assumptions, communication should be happening more often than not.

And that goes both ways.

The issue with not knowing if any updates are forthcoming is that PR1.2 might just get rid of a few bugs. Might not add things that people are truly bothered about. Simply because now the resources might go only to the new OS and the current owners are plain out SOL.

I'm still shaking my damn head how that's a bad thing... wanting to know if your present phone will at least get rid of some of the nagging problems, experience at least some support or if it's truly a dead end due to the MeeGo announcement like the Maemo 5 announcement was a death knell for Diablo.

History has shown one way. And that's a situation that Nokia created; not fantasy.