Thread: Here Is Why The PR 1.2 Firmware For The Nokia N900 Is Late
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wmarone is offline wmarone
2010-05-20 , 18:56
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Originally Posted by olighak View Post
Business, as in the competitors, Apple, Microsoft and Google have provided platform updates on the OS itself after devices with older versions had been out for months, even years.
I know Apple has (though this ends soon for the first iPhones) but Microsoft? Surely you jest. Sometimes HTC is nice enough to release upgraded ROMs, but usually it's people migrating to xda-developers for new ROMs. Ditto for Android devices, which are even more dependent on wrestling control away from the carrier and device manufacturer (or worse, impossible if you bought certain Motorola devices.)

Maybe the Linux people at Nokia need to come out of their dark basement offices and mingle a little bit with the outside world...let them see the sun every once in a while.
Maybe you need some perspective on just how hostile other vendors really are, and how you paint a pretty picture of them because you hate Nokia.

Isnīt Apple Iphone OS 4 coming to the 2nd Generation Iphones this summer?
The 3G models yes, the 2.5G models are SOL. I suspect Apple will stick to that cadence. Next to go will be the 3G (slow CPU) then the 3GS.

Originally Posted by olighak View Post
There may be reasons that some functions do not come over, based on some hardware limitations.
OId, slow CPU.

But I do expect Nokia to support this device which had and still has potential, that is tremendously under-realized, for quite some while.
It has tons of potential to be exploited, I don't see why everyone expected Nokia to do it all for them when it was never geared as such. If you want a device where the OS comes packed with phone stuff and an app store to nickel and dime you, then perhaps a Symbian phone would have been right up your alley.
Last edited by wmarone; 2010-05-20 at 18:58.