I think you are completely right. You cant expect nokia to keep adding features to old devices. It would be great if they would, but in the real world it costs too much money. What I would say is that with a system based around packages it is easier for them to be individually updated on older devices. Ubuntu (and other similar operating systems) use this so applications are updated even if some core parts of the os and features stay older. I guess Nokias real problem is it will be a large jump from Maemo 5 to 6 and providing a smooth upgrade path could be difficult even if the device is fast enough.
My only concern is with the maps. Some people go way over the top - I was looking on the forums to see if the N95 will be supported, and people are posting saying they will never buy nokia again because it hasnt release it for their device. That of course is crazy, while it is easy for them to do (the old version supported the features, just not for free) it requires time for testing and device specific tweaks. I understand over time they will roll it out to older s60 devices, but the N95 is old enough that if they didnt I would understand.
Nokias pages suggest all their smartphones will get the new navigation and the N900 is a new device, so I think it is reasonable to expect it to be supported. I suspect it is dependant on Qt so most of the code will be sharable between S60 and Maemo, and so we will have to wait for a future Maemo update.
My only concern is with the maps. Some people go way over the top - I was looking on the forums to see if the N95 will be supported, and people are posting saying they will never buy nokia again because it hasnt release it for their device. That of course is crazy, while it is easy for them to do (the old version supported the features, just not for free) it requires time for testing and device specific tweaks. I understand over time they will roll it out to older s60 devices, but the N95 is old enough that if they didnt I would understand.
Nokias pages suggest all their smartphones will get the new navigation and the N900 is a new device, so I think it is reasonable to expect it to be supported. I suspect it is dependant on Qt so most of the code will be sharable between S60 and Maemo, and so we will have to wait for a future Maemo update.
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