I bought the 770 in the last days ($100 rebate) and I am happy with it, but I am surprised that it was replaced with an incompatible platform so quickly.

Such is life, but it might be nice to allow for a "turn in allowance" a-la what they did for the Pepper Pad, because that would take the sting out of the upgrade price if you were so inclined.

After all, they are taking some risks at orphaning the platforms, and make it up by attracting the later adopters, though with the "iPhone" the later adopters will gravitate towards that if it really does everything they say it does, and Nokia shows a track record of orphaning hardware.

If Nokia were to offer a tade-in allowance of $100 towards the new one, I would probably jump on it. I doubt they will, and I will then save my pennies for an iPhone or get a UMPC. The N770 is fun enough, but without support it won't be fun for long - since it still has some glitches...

I will agree that Nokia may want to do these things due to "fast paced development" and so on. But leaving a track record of unstable, orphaned hardware will ruin the entire platform. The suits will blame the "iPhone" or some such I am sure, but not taking care of your base is what does it.