that will not even scratch the idea of a paid update.

think about it: if there are 100000 phones sold, at 500u$s each, you got 50.000.000 u$s. and that is not enough to make them put love on n900.

thats because software engenieer is dead expensive, never profitable by its own. it only has a role in the business model.

Nokia is a PHONE maker, not a computer maker.

and the business model for every phone maker out there is to make a device and let it die.

there are few exceptions of course