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#20
Originally Posted by ysss View Post
I agree that you should base your purchasing decision based on what's available at a time of purchase and to not assume too much of what new fixes, functionalities and extensions that are promised to become available for said device.

BUT, it's not unreasonable for someone who's shopping for a new phone to compare the N900 with other devices in its price range/advertised functionalities: Blackberries, Androids and iPhones AND to learn that ALL of them provides OS upgradeability. Especially with N900's much touted opensource lineage.

To deny this claim sounds... a bit narrow/short sighted apologist talk to me.
I perhaps look at OS upgradeability differently than most, I'm not sure. But I look for the package that serves my present needs and I tune and tweak it and learn to get the most out of it.
By the time I'm looking for a new OS I invariably want new hardware to go with it and of course, the whole process repeats!

I've been doing it this way with PC's since 1981 and it works the best for me.

That said, I do expect support for the device and it's software for the majority of it's lifecycle.