will the skippa get future updates after 1.1.10604?
I suspect this will depend on all sorts of considerations. There could be murky copyright issues as much of the firmware was developed by UEC Altech. I suspect bug fixing may not be a big issue, but adding new features may be problematic. The critical thing will be the ability to compile the firmware into an installation file.
will the adskip still work?
Logically it should still work and presumably continue working. The current limitations are the requirement to validate the use regularly by logging into the IceTV server. One thing is almost certain, there will be no updates to the ad-skipping part of the firmware.
will the skippa ever get a FTA guide?
This again is likely to be complicated by licence and copyright issues. If UEC Altech are able to sell the units that have not yet been sold (a very murky issue when it comes to add-skipping part of the firmware), they would probably include a firmware switch that allows the user to use either FTA EPG or IceTV.
As always, this is merely speculation ... I know no more than anyone else about this.
Ian