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Originally Posted by TTgowings View Post
I certainly don't want to burst any bubbles or step on anyone's feet but what gives anyone an inkling of an idea that Nokia is or will come out with "any" backwards compatible hardware (Wimax card/adapter)or software for that matter for the N800 ?? So soon do we forget how Nokia left the 770 all but for dead when the 800 was released, so why given this track record gives anyone the impression that they won't do it again ? This is not to say that neither the N770 or N800 are/will be "unusable" after the next IT's release, but just wont have the "new and improved IT's" capabilites. Also we've heard on numerous occasions that we'll have at least 1 if not 2 more software updates for the N800.
My bubble is fully fortified and growing stronger by the minute. Plus I have steel toe boots on thank you.

Anyways, I think Nokia has learned it's lesson from the 770 fiasco, and are listening to the rumblings of the community voice. Much like the N95 upgrades with more memory, higher capacity battery, and US 3G, the N800 brought more to the Internet Tablet side than we first expected from Nokia. True, they each lost a hardware feature that was important to many users: the protective cover for the N800, and the lens cover for the new N95-3/N95 8GB (good thing I'm in that bubble).

I can't say enough times that this is uncharted territory for Nokia, and is bound to make mistakes along the way. But unlike other large corporations I know of, they seem to actually care and are willing to learn from those mistakes and at least attempt to rectify the flaws that it's customers see in many of it's products.

Being one of the many 770 users that was very disappointed in how Nokia handled the "transition" to the N800 and later the dropping of 770 support, I know how hard it is to believe Nokia won't make that mistake again. I guess that's where hope kicks in.

I also understand that a hardware upgrade as significant as the 770 to N800 on was is expected to break things. It's akin to the upgrade from 32 bit processors to 64 bit. Probably not as smooth, but just as annoying to developers.

If I'm wrong about any of this, and I hope I'm not, I may become more like iball and start kicking Nokia in the jimmy (and remember, I have steel toe boots on).
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