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Originally Posted by wmarone View Post
No joke. No one gives Apple or HTC endless streams of what we get here over lack of discussion regarding future software. They are continually dead silent on how older devices are to be treated. I've never seen so many people panic and spread FUD about a product's future like they have here. Granted, some of them are long time users who are extrapolating past behavior by Nokia, so it's not -all- unfounded, just most.
Maybe open source development and the desire to engage with the community is a double edged sword. Here we have a new, open, approach to software development meeting old hardware shifting practices. Long term device compatibility has never featured highly on the Maemo list of priorities.

Contrast our community with iPhone owners - they don't need to be concerned about silence from Apple or being left with a device that has limited support as they know that Apple will continue to support their old device with new firmware even when new hardware becomes available - that's a trick Nokia haven't quite mastered yet.

Just imagine the furore that would ensue if Apple released a new "4GS" iPhone with wizzy new v4.00 firmware and fixes for long standing v3 bugs, but gave no hint when asked outright if an update would be made available for older (in fact, even current) devices. Trust me, the brown stuff would hit the fan pretty sharpish.
 

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