Intel today announced that it will join forces with the Linux Foundation and LiMo Foundation to support a new Linux-based open source software platform for multiple device categories called Tizen. The standards-based Tizen project will be hosted at the Linux Foundation and offer an operating system and a robust, flexible standards-based HTML5 and WAC web development environment within which device-independent […]
MeeGo
MeeGo-powered Nokia N9 begins shipping
Nokia has begun shipping the Nokia N9, its first and very likely only smartphone powered by MeeGo. “Since we announced the Nokia N9 in June this year, the feedback that it has gotten from discerning and avid smartphone users across the world has been nothing short of fantastic,” said Ilari Nurmi, Vice President of Marketing, Nokia. “With the innovations in […]
Samsung dispels MeeGo purchase rumours
Last week, Samsung dispelled rumours that it was going to buy webOS. Today, it dispelled rumours that it was looking to take MeeGo out of Intel’s hands. As it points out, it could not buy MeeGo even if it wanted to. “Meego is an open source project which can not be a target of acquisition,” Samsung representative James Chung told […]
Samsung to take control of MeeGo mobile OS?
When Nokia turned its back on MeeGo after the release of the Nokia N9, Intel stepped up promising to continue development of the mobile operating system for other potential hardware manufacturers. But there has been little interest, prompting rumours that Intel would halt development to focus instead on Android and Windows Phone 7. Without commenting on the rumours themselves, Intel […]
Nokia to exit Symbian and feature phone markets in North America
In an interview with AllThingsD, Chris Weber, President of Nokia Inc. (US) Head of Markets, North America, revealed that Nokia will soon stop selling both feature phones and Symbian-based smartphones in the United States and Canada. Instead, the company will focus all of its efforts on its Windows Phone devices. Weber said: “When we launch Windows Phones we will essentially […]
Nokia CEO confirms no more MeeGo devices coming
Nokia earlier this week announced its first MeeGo-powered smartphone, the Nokia N9. Just don’t expect any other MeeGo devices even if the N9 is a runaway success. Nokia CEO Stephen Elop once again reaffirmed that the company is focused on Windows Phone now rather than on MeeGo and Symbian. In an interview with the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, Elop said, […]
Polar Mobile to develop 80 applications for MeeGo tablets
Polar Mobile yesterday announced that a deal with Intel that will see it launch over 80 applications for MeeGo-based tablets in 2011. Intel, which developed MeeGo with Nokia before the latter decided to instead focus on Windows Phone, wants to ensure that there is a good selection of apps available to support MeeGo tablets about to hit the market later […]
Nokia announces MeeGo-powered Nokia N9
Nokia today unveiled the Nokia N9, its first smartphone to be powered by MeeGo. “With the Nokia N9, we wanted to design a better way to use a phone. To do this we innovated in the design of the hardware and software together. We reinvented the home key with a simple gesture: a swipe from the edge of the screen. […]