[maemo-developers] Maemo 5 PR1.2 and Extras

[From: Thomas Tanner]

On 24.02.10 18:04, Graham Cobb wrote:
> Why do I think many people will not upgrade?  This device is a phone.

The N900 is a mobile computer.
If you want to use it as a phone, i.e. without applications from extras
or Ovi, then there is no need to upgrade the firmware.
If you want to use it as a computer by installing applications,
you should upgrade your OS, especially to get security updates for a
Internet-centric device.
Maintaining software and working around bugs for every minor release is
a nightmare. Only for different major releases and devices it is justified.

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