Nokia Maps wasn't part of the deal with microsoft... http://readwrite.com/2013/09/03/what...ia-acquisition

This is in 2 days time, so I'm wondering if I need to worry about keeping my phone working? Especially given a scenario where I need to re-flash it at some point in the near future.

I'm fine losing basic contacts data that are synced (well it's mildly irritating but I'll live), but should I worry about the basic ability to do anything once it's freshly flashed and booted up 1st time if I do this in a few months? Will the store work so I can re-download the basic games I like?

Sorry if this is a bit of a repeat question but I've spent the last 30mins searching the forums for this thread, most threads have people just carrying on as normal.

I have a worrying feeling now that MS only care about winmo/lumia that without direct action by me by a deadline, I may reach a point where I can't flash/boot/install anything because I didn't prepare my n950 for community .deb repos or dual boot with the ability to dd off partition images as backup etc.

Any advice?

- Damion

PS I used to frequent these forums a couple of years back and worked on qemu-i386&wine on n900&n950 so had a better idea of what is going on, but got utterly bogged down with work. So I'm feeling quite lost at the moment.

Microsoft: Opera Mobile Store will replace Nokia Store as the default app store for Nokia feature phones, Symbian and Nokia X smartphones (beginning from first quarter 2015).

Me: Can you tell me which store will host app contents for Nokia N9 Meego 1.3 Harmattan please?

Microsoft: As noted in the announcement, S40, S60, Nokia X, Symbian, and Asha will be supported going forward in the Opera Store. However, Meego (N9) will not be supported by Opera.

Me: So what do I do if I need to factory reset my N9 and reinstall my apps?

Microsoft: The N9 device will not be supported once the Nokia Store closes.

Do your reflash now or suffer sideloading Nokia apps later.

i got the perfect phone from them and i almost copied all apps from store so... XD
Next im gonna backup all the maps so they can go for sure to ... XD

//AAAA, and im gonna keep my N9 until someone will port Cortana.

I think that people should consider this situation when thinking about buying the Nokia N1 - it is the very same Nokia that abandoned its customers for a ton of money from Microsoft.

Wasn't there a promise/contractual thing to support all older phones until 2016?

Past behaviour is always the best predictor of future behaviour.
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What I wonder is everything in Finland like that ? Surely not ?
I mean, does every marriage in Finland dissolve after three years,
return the spouse and upgrade to version 2.1 hardware
before the warranty expires, etc ?
x
How is it that Nokia seems to be the flag-bearer for treachery ?
Did the people of intense betray-the-customer mindsets
just congregate inside the Nokia organization - for fun ?
x
Or did Nokia have some sort of recruitment campaign
years ago - send us your c.v. and summarize in 1000 words
and no more than seven paragraphs how -you- would
betray the market base profitably and mercilessly ?

Any source for that? Would be nice if they kept the store open as long as possible for the N9. N900 I don't recall ever using it.

We'll have to find time to backup debs before they shut it down of anything we have not on openrepos. Thank goodness for openrepos

I hope in the event Jolla goes out of business (hopelly not for many years) they have a more friendly community handoff.