How can I upgrade the Flash Player from 7 to 9?

You can't.

v9 has been licenced or ported yet. If it happens it will come in an upgrade from Nokia. But don't hold your breath!

hey, we went from 6 to 7, so anything is possible...

Knowing that they drop the ball too many, I'll say, it will be an upgrade when you buy N999.

Ok. I don't understand why this thing is considered anything less than a small computer. For example, I've got a big old computer with a 300 Mhz processor and 128 MB of RAM running Linux. As a end-user Adobe allows, even wants me to upgrade to the latest version of the Flash player. Yet, after some reading I've started to get the impression that Adobe is tying specific versions of the Flash player to specific versions of "small computers". I wonder if they are requiring that Nokia pay them a royalty for putting the player on the hardware. If so, I doubt that I could ever upgrade the software.

Also, I've gotten the impression that Nokia is gaining all the benefits from the open-source community yet they are also tying the hardware to specific versions of the OS. Is this true?

For me, it would suck to spend $400 on the computer, another $80 on a couple of memory sticks, $40 on a spare battery, and say $60 on a hardcase only to have Nokia release a new computer in two years that does support the coolest versions of Flash X and maemo X. It doesn't seem right to have to purchase a slightly upgraded piece of hardware to get software updated. Personally, the freedom to upgrade the operating system and the world's most prevalent browser plugin are as important as all of the other features. Without that freedom, it would be hard to justify purchasing this small computer.

I agree, michael. The technology should be platformed; neither Nokia or any other company should IMO be charged new player licenses on a per-device basis.

Why don't you tell MPAA/RIAA that, I'm sure they will listen.
In fact I think all the commercial software are like that.

The truth is the technology is free(in a way) to the vast majority, aka, normal PC users. That's because they consider it as free advertising. But on a small market/embeded/proprietary device, they have to port their software to get it work w/ that device, and it's more work to them. They should be somewhat compensated for that. And this is what Nokia & their 3rd party agree upon.

Seriously this is where the US consumer protection failed on us. Software manufacturors are the only companies(other than government) that allow to rip us off. They can make shitty software full of bug sell them on restricted licenses, almost impossible to get a refund if not agree to their licenses, and absolutely no recourse if the software break you system.

maybe in the future minimo and gnash on the internet tablets will be the best way to go. even if nokia aren't supporting it people can still port new software to the 770 and n800

You cannot use proprietary software and at the same time expect to have everything your way. If its free software, chances are its being ported by some gifted people who know how to do the magic. (If it's not and you really, really need it, you can still take the sources and pay someone to do it for you.)

With proprietary software, though, you just have to accept what the vendor does. No use complaining.

I was just expressing my opinion, freeman.