Honestly, you can run Windows 7 on a lot of the pre-Vista machines that shipped with XP back in 2006, more than 3 years before Win7 came out. It pisses me off that the HTC HD2, which came out at the end of last year isn't going to be upgradable to WP7. Likewise, the N900 came out around the same time and if it isn't upgradable to MeeGo, which is essentially the successor to Maemo 5, it'd be just plain stupid.
I'm 99% sure that both phones can physical run the respective OS upgrades, it's just up to Microsoft/HTC and Nokia to each get their shit together and do it.
Its probably more Microsoft than HTC as for what can be upgraded. The HD2 doesn't fit a mandatory requirement, the three buttons (more specifically, the ,windows,bing, and back button). However, I am willing to bet that the HD2 will receive a ROM created by XDA, or someone else. As for the N900... its GUARANTEED people; It will happen!
And for all the people that are griping about Nokia supporting it... Its obvious why they aren't officially supporting it; its not an easy thing to do. If an average-non-technical user wants to get an N900 and flash to the new Meego distribution on it, they are going to need to learn a great deal about how to do that. Nokia doesn't want everyone and their moms calling them saying "Walk me through this process". So if the developer release isn't enough (not to mention the numerous walk-throughs that will be available), then maybe flashing to Meego is not for you; wait till the Meego device comes out. Just don't whine because its too technical for you. The rest of us are going to be happy with even getting the developer release and too many people are griping!
@kenny goo Both just got the kiss-of-death (HD2/N900). Has this ever happened where highly respected flagship-level devices in the market are just entirely dropped? I thought only Apple pull this kind of move.
That leaves pretty much only iPhone, and Nexus One as devices with any viable future in them. webOS devices are up in the air as first-gen hardware can use a refresh.
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Honestly, you can run Windows 7 on a lot of the pre-Vista machines that shipped with XP back in 2006, more than 3 years before Win7 came out. It pisses me off that the HTC HD2, which came out at the end of last year isn't going to be upgradable to WP7. Likewise, the N900 came out around the same time and if it isn't upgradable to MeeGo, which is essentially the successor to Maemo 5, it'd be just plain stupid.
I'm 99% sure that both phones can physical run the respective OS upgrades, it's just up to Microsoft/HTC and Nokia to each get their shit together and do it.
@kenny goo
Its probably more Microsoft than HTC as for what can be upgraded. The HD2 doesn't fit a mandatory requirement, the three buttons (more specifically, the ,windows,bing, and back button). However, I am willing to bet that the HD2 will receive a ROM created by XDA, or someone else. As for the N900... its GUARANTEED people; It will happen!
And for all the people that are griping about Nokia supporting it... Its obvious why they aren't officially supporting it; its not an easy thing to do. If an average-non-technical user wants to get an N900 and flash to the new Meego distribution on it, they are going to need to learn a great deal about how to do that. Nokia doesn't want everyone and their moms calling them saying "Walk me through this process". So if the developer release isn't enough (not to mention the numerous walk-throughs that will be available), then maybe flashing to Meego is not for you; wait till the Meego device comes out. Just don't whine because its too technical for you. The rest of us are going to be happy with even getting the developer release and too many people are griping!
@kenny goo Both just got the kiss-of-death (HD2/N900). Has this ever happened where highly respected flagship-level devices in the market are just entirely dropped? I thought only Apple pull this kind of move.
That leaves pretty much only iPhone, and Nexus One as devices with any viable future in them. webOS devices are up in the air as first-gen hardware can use a refresh.