Thread: Further discussion of Nokia's support for Maemo 5 (was: Nokia finishes Maemo5 support)
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Originally Posted by ironm8 View Post
Even for a second any of what you said wasnt in discussion.
What was in discussion was Nokia's maketing along with their lack of support.
There's good support from Nokia for this product, given it's a niche device that was meant only for a small customer base. I got my last firmware update only recently. I could go to any Nokia service point once my N900 breaks. It works as advertised - but will not get major OS updates (whatever they'll name them, Maemo6 or MeeGo) just as we knew it wouldn't.

What I wrote above seems to be heavily disputed. There are lots of users here who are under the bizarre impression that Nokia actually promised the N900 would eventually be their flagship device, that it would eventually get all those missing features via OS upgrades, and who are not being p'ssed because the realize how wrong they were. So yes, it's worth pointing out in this context not only how obvious it was that this a device that will live only until the day they launch the N9, but also how obvious it was that it wasn't a mass market device. People do deny it.

Originally Posted by ironm8 View Post
Just to give this statement some validity:
My first encounter with the n900 was in Mediamrkt near Zell Am See, Austria, in April this year.
In this electronic oriented store the N900 was AGRESSIVLY being promoted. offcourse it was doing so in the cellurars department.
Imagine the N900 having his own stand, the first device anyone getting in this department see. If it is a niche device then Nokia should have never promoted it like this. Offcourse the salesman quated just about every spec there is.
Really? Did he? Strange. A salesman wanted to sell this device? Come on. Complain to Media Markt if they didn't inform you correctly about what the device doesn and what it doesn't. - In the end, though, it's nobody else's fault than yours if you made a wrong decision.