Ok, they abandonded Maemo/Meego/Meltemi to make the new Lumia 900 Windows 7 phone. Now less than a year later Microsoft has made that phone worthless.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/20/m...ndows-phone-8/

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That back and forth about upgrade paths has been proven to be incorrect, as the hardware requirements for WP8 preclude its running on any current WP device -- even that hot blue Lumia 900 you got for a steal.


What was Nokia's plan again?

>UPDATE<

I'm really not trying to bash Nokia, please don't shoot the messenger. As a "Third Party observer" It looks like...
NOKIA IS GETTING HAMMERED!!

Tired of plugging your Lumia 900 into your PC or Mac in order to apply software updates? Tough luck -- you'll still be doing it while future buyers snack on Windows Phone 8. Harshness aside, Microsoft made clear at today's Windows Phone Summit that all WP8 updates will be delivered over the air, with an available program to give "registered enthusiasts" early access prior to broad consumer pushes. The real kicker, however, is this line: "Devices are supported with updates for at least 18 months." For those keeping count, the Lumia 900 shipped here in the US on April 8th. Two months later, it's already confirmed that the flagship WP7 handset in America won't get Windows Phone 8. We'd also like to take this opportunity to remind you just how poorly an identical promise from Google went over in May of 2011. You may remember Andy Rubin confessing that an 18 month Android update program was being put into place at Google I/O 2011, and here we are -- halfway through 2012 -- and we've still heard zero details on how that's being policed. Pardon our skepticism, but we'll need to see it to believe it.

UPDATE #2 : ELOP RESPONDS!!

Direct lift from engadget.. Link after REPOST.

If you've been following our Windows Phone 8 coverage today, you know that anybody who buys a Windows Phone today will not be able to upgrade to WP8 when it ships this fall. If you were an early adopter that's not such a bad deal, but if you bought a Lumia 900 oh, say, three weeks ago you might be upset -- and rightly so. And rightfully angry is Luke, who sent us an email he fired off to Nokia's Stephen Elop and AT&T's Ralph de la Vega in which he asks why he shouldn't, right now, turn around and return his phone.

I just watched the Windows Phone 8 announcement and learned that the Lumia will not be upgradeable to WP8, it will more or less get a skin with the new live tiles and a few other features... at the end of the day unless one of you responds and convinces me to stay with Microsoft Windows Phone, Nokia Lumia or Att wireless I will just wash my hands of all three companies and move over to Verizon.

Surprise surprise, Elop responded very promptly, stating:

We have a lot of exciting capabilities coming as part of a pattern of updates for the existing Lumia products. This includes some of the most significant visual elements of WP8 – for example, the new start screen.

As we have always been, Nokia is committed to delivering a long term experience to any purchasers of our products.

Granted, Nokia is bringing some nice updates to current Lumias, like some Scalado-augmented photo magic, but Elop's mention of "significant visual elements" leaves us wanting. We're waiting to hear what Luke's going to do, but here's your chance to weigh in. What do you think he should do? Full emails are after the break.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/20/l...-stephen-elop/

What? we are still waiting for PR 1.3...

If you have lumia 800/900 you are ****ed!

Don't worry, your n9 will work a long long time. It's Solid!

my N900 works fine. Even with that broken USB!

Oh this is golden.

Nokia continues on their path of not allowing their flagship devices updates past 6+ months. That will not fare well in regards to rebuilding faith in their brand.

Foot. Gun. Nokia just shot themselves in the foot yet again.

And I say this as a Lumia 900 and a N9 owner. I'm tempted to go back to the N9 not out of spite but because I already knew it was a deadend product, the Lumia 900 was advertised otherwise.

what do you expect from this stupid company? it is far better to migrate to Samsung because it is a different world where they actually care about there customers , Nokia on the other hand are finished and Microsoft are wanting to move this at such a fast pace everything will be very quickly updated replaced and forgotten for a long time to come.

This needs to be played again...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_elqLDSt36k

Oh, who cares? Anyone duped into getting one of those (even those that were effectively paid to do so) deserves exactly what they got.

Can we move this to off-topic please?

How often Microsoft gives something for free?? Never?

The best part is, you totally can't blame Nokia for not allowing WP8... This is what happens when you put the entire future of your company in control of another company. Microsoft can do whatever they want and Nokia has NO CONTROL over it.

Nokia is so screwed it's not even funny.. They made a deal with the Devil and will pay for it over and over again..

so guess who's die 1st? L900 or N9?