Posted May 20, 2013, 5:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
Jolla on Monday unveiled the first smartphone designed to run a Meego-inspired operating system called Sailfish. The Finnish mobile handset company, comprised of ex-Nokia employees, believes the self-titled mobile device will be a strong candidate in the mid- to high-end…
Finnish mobile developer Jolla has announced plans to showcase its upcoming MeeGo-based mobile operating system at the two-day Slush startup conference in Helsinki, Finland starting November 21. The company, comprised of several former Nokia employees, has managed to raise €200…
First announced at Computex, Asus is preparing to shove its latest mini-notebook out of the gates with units already available for preorder through online retailer including Amazon. Netbooks have undoubtedly lost ground to tablets, but major vendors seem agree that…
HP's webOS is not the only mobile operating system with an uncertain future. According to an article published by DigiTimes over the weekend, Intel intends to temporarily halt development of its MeeGo OS "due to lack of enthusiasm for the…
Netbooks have been harshly relegated in recent times, while tablets have taken the spotlight. To be fair though, today's nicest ultraportables have all taken cues from what made netbooks successful in the first place, including their lower prices. You may…
Nokia has already decided to put all its weight behind Microsoft's Windows Phone as its primary mobile platform, but today the company has nonetheless announced its first MeeGo-based smartphone. Dubbed Nokia N9, the device comes with a curved unibody design…
Posted May 21, 2011, 7:14 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Software
MeeGo has been updated to version 1.2, helping device vendors and developers create software for various device categories on Intel Atom and ARMv7 architectures. You can start by grabbing the MeeGo v1.2 Core Software Platform and the MeeGo v1.2 SDK.…
LG Electronics is moving to adopt the Linux-based MeeGo operating system after Nokia largely abandoned it, one of the project's leaders said. Apparently Nokia's dominant role in the project had held back other phone makers from adopting the technology.
Posted February 14, 2011, 9:34 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Hardware
Fujitsu has announced the debut of the Lifebook MH330, the company's first MeeGo netbook based on the Intel Atom processor. The company also appears to be the first vendor to offer a netbook preinstalled with MeeGo; although MeeGo for Netbooks…
Not only has Ari Jaaksi, Nokia's Vice President of Devices for MeeGo, recently departed, but an Intel executive has admitted that MeeGo-powered smartphones and tablets won't debut until next year, according to Forbes. The double-blow comes eight months after Intel…
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