Thread: Further discussion of Nokia's support for Maemo 5 (was: Nokia finishes Maemo5 support)
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geohsia is offline geohsia
2010-12-12 , 15:46
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Originally Posted by ericsson View Post
Then you have misunderstood me. Support != updates.
Tell me how that works? Oh, we'll support it but we won't actually do anything to fix it. Yeah, you can call us and tell us all about it. We'll just tell you to flash it and if that doesn't fix it then well, you should have done better research.

Nokia doesn't send support patches to customers if they run into issues. Issues are fixed via updates. Taking the call != support. Support sometimes means fixing bugs and that is done via updates. You surely would't tell me that the N900 is bug free as of 1.3. Would you?

The N900 with Pr 1.3 works well. More updates will probably make it even better
Yeah, that's the point. That's the way it works nowadays. Companies release not fully ready product and the expectation from the consumer is that they'll keep fixing it. Sure, 1.3 is better than 1.2 which is better than 1.1 and 1.0. That doesn't mean they should stop working on Maemo.

but for a mobile computer/smartphone the N900 is superb as it is. In other words, by purchasing a N900 now you will get exactly what Nokia promise, and more to be honest.
YAWN.... Look, times have changed. Customers are a bit more demanding now. Firmware updates affect not just cellphones but is now a major part of a lot of products, from voice recorders to digital cameras.

When you buy a phone when it is brand new, you are in it for the ride of updating the OS/software. Today the N900 is old and mature, but fully operational with very few bugs straight out of the box. But who knows for sure? Nokia is still updating the 5800, there may still be a couple of updates on the N900 as well, but it is not that likely because the N900 has only sold a small fraction of what the 5800 has, and Maemo is dead as far as further development go.
Look, I don't expect them to support the N900 as long as the 5800. It would be great if they did. But they should at LEAST keep giving substantive updates until the N9 has released for a while. 1.3 was disappointing. I would expect a 1.3 type update to the N900 after the N9 is released. Not 6 months before it might see the light of day.
 

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