MeeGo

MeeGo makes way for new Linux-based Tizen operating system

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-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, […]