Nokia and Intel have just announced the creation of MeeGo, a new Linux-based operating system designed for portable devices including netbooks and smartphones as well as other non-desktop platforms like connected TVs and vehicles. The new OS is a combination of Nokia’s Maemo and Intel’s Moblin, both Linux-based computing environments. This partnership is notable not just for combining two different Linux platforms under one roof, but for its cross-platform support of both Intel and ARM chips, the latter currently popular in mobile devices like Apple’s iPhone thanks to its low power consumption needs.
Most probably MeeGo will arrive in the second quarter of 2010 with products becoming available starting in the third quarter.
February 17th, 2010 at 3:26 am
Well spoken. I have to research more on this as it seems quite interesting.
February 18th, 2010 at 5:27 am
You raise a lot of questions in my head; you wrote an excellent post, but it is also thought provoking, and I will have to ponder it some more; I will be back soon.