Thread: Maemo 6 to get multitouch& gestures with Qt 4.6
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attila77 is offline attila77
2009-09-10 , 09:53
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#24
Originally Posted by HangLoose View Post
Yeah I understand, but thats hackable... its like installing linux in the iphone. Most people wont do it...
You mixed something up. It's not hackery, it's a public, not even remotely illegal, well documented (and not that complicated) procedure of flashing a device.

Apple charges people some amount of money (think it was 10e for the last upgrade) and Nokia could do the same.
Nokia can't really charge for it, that would kill the whole point of having an open source OS.

If its not a hardware compatibility issue then what? I am forced to buy another phone with the updated Maemo. What if I dont want to change the device?
Without no clue just what the next generation's HW specification is, it's just too early to tell even if it's possible, much less if Nokia wants to do it. For the record, the N800 did get an OS upgrade (free) after the N810 was released, but N810 HW is close to N800. N900 HW is NOT close to N8x0.
 

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