I know exactly where to find the TI release, thanks. I have a copy saved and have for a while now, thanks. I have flash tweaker installed and running too, thanks. This addresses those sites where it's merely the lazy designers or the inept, but still not those which actually need it.

I have a fine grasp on the steady march of technological obsolescence, thanks. For this very reason I know that the N900 is currently entering artificial obsolescence at the hands of Nokia. The hardware specs are more than capable of keeping current and up with the market curve for potentially a good 6-12 months yet.

The N900 isn't getting flash 10 because Nokia don't want to pay for it, for a dead operating system. Maemo is now commerically dead, there are no other major players using it and Nokia is not. Had Nokia come out with a range of devices churned out using Maemo (as they do with s40/s60 phones) then it would not be dead, but they've dropped it because they're moving to Meego instead. This is not to say that Maemo is dead, just commercially so.

Reread what I said about announcing the version. If you REALLY apply yourself, you'll notice the well worded statement and sentence structure drawing the reader's attention to the final closing point of it... which was:
Go on now, REALLY apply yourself!

EDIT: actually, just another thought... as to the pace of technological change. iPhone! The world leading smart phone, only a few revisions and it is still being kept bang up to date with major OS updates years on. Hardware is hardware and cannot be overcome, so of course any features which rely on new hardware can't be introduced. It may be no N900, but it is the market leader and the curve setter so there's no excuse by comparison to leading competitors for similarly specced phones to be any less well supported. ESPECIALLY given that it is linux with full automated package manager based updating. This thing should be getting 1 to 2 weekly minor updates, if not more.