MeeGo Gone Wild! Features detailed, companies come on board at IDF 2010 (updated)
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted April 13th 2010 12:33PM
posted April 13th 2010 12:33PM
Wow, the MeeGo news is flying fast and furious today! Our first stop is the Intel Developer Forum, where a recent talk detailed feature lists for netbooks and handhelds running (presumably) 1.0. For the former, you can expect to see it rockin' Chrome (or Chromium), and overhauled social messaging, media, camera, email, and calendar apps. That's in addition to touch and gesture support. As for handhelds, Fennec with Flash support popped up on the slides (probably a carry-over from Maemo, since they already have Mozilla with Flash), VOIP (at least until the carriers get involved), instant messaging, social networking, location-based services, cloud data syncing, and portrait mode support -- not to mention "the Intel app-store framework that can be used to make branded 3rd-party app stores." But that ain't all! According to some freshly minted PR, the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco will be lousy with developers starting Wednesday when the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit begins in earnest. To be announced at tomorrow's keynote are a host of companies that are throwing their lot in with the mobile OS, including: EA Mobile, BMW Group, Acer, Gameloft, Novell, ASUS, and more. Which is all well and good, but the question remains: when are we finally gonna get our hands on an LG GW990? PR after the break.
Update: We added a couple shots of the very in-progress UI from Intel's slide show. See more after the break.
Update: We added a couple shots of the very in-progress UI from Intel's slide show. See more after the break.
MeeGo Developer Community Grows As Software Ecosystem Support Broadens
The MeeGo project receives industry-wide support while it gets down to the business of writing code
SAN FRANCISCO, April 12, 2010 – The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced that companies from a broad range of sectors have committed to and are participating in the MeeGo project.
Participants today include leading device manufacturers, operating system vendors (OSVs), chipset manufacturers, independent software vendors (ISVs) and development communities. Supporting statements are attached from Acer, Amino, Asianux, Asus, BMW Group, Collabora, Ltd., CS2C, DeviceVM, EA Mobile, Gameloft, Hancom, Linpus, Maemo Community Council, Mandriva, Metasys, Miracle, MontaVista Software, Novell, PixArt, Red Flag, ST-Ericsson, Tencent, TurboLinux, VietSoftware, Wind River, WTEC, and Xandros.
This participation translates into millions of developer hours dedicated to cross-device compatibility, application portability and the user experience for MeeGo-based devices. Contributors are attracted to MeeGo because it extends reach beyond just smartphones to also include connected televisions, in-vehicle infotainment systems, netbooks and more.
The MeeGo project, which merges Intel's Moblin and Nokia's Maemo Linux-based platforms, was announced earlier this year at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. An opening (http://meego.com/community/blogs/imad/2010/day-1-here-opening-meego-development) of the MeeGo distribution infrastructure and operating system base was made available last month, and the first release of MeeGo is expected in the second quarter of this year with applications available in both Intel's AppUp Center and Nokia's Ovi Store.
"The MeeGo project is being met with enthusiastic support from companies and developers who want to seize the market opportunity that exists for the next-generation of computing devices," said Jim Zemlin, executive director at The Linux Foundation. "By working with a common set of tools and open technologies for building these devices, MeeGo developers will be able to easily reach the biggest addressable market available."
As an open source software platform, MeeGo will help to reduce market fragmentation and complexity, while helping to accelerate industry innovation and time-to-market for next-generation devices, Internet-based applications, services and user experiences. MeeGo is designed for cross-device, cross-architecture computing and is built from the ground up for a new class of powerful computing devices.
Intel's Imad Sousou, co-chairman of the MeeGo Technical Steering Committee and Nokia's Ari Jaaksi, vice president of MeeGo Devices, will deliver keynotes at this week's Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit on April 14, 2010. MeeGo project meetings will also take place on days 2 (April 15, 2010) and 3 (April 16, 2010) of the Summit. For more information about the Summit program, please visit: http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/collaboration-summit/agenda
About the MeeGo Project
The MeeGo project combines Intel's Moblin™ and Nokia's Maemo projects into one Linux-based, open source software platform for the next generation of computing devices. The MeeGo software platform is designed to give developers the broadest range of device segments to target for their applications, including netbooks and entry-level desktops, handheld computing and communications devices, in-vehicle infotainment devices, connected TVs, media phones and more – all using a uniform set of APIs based on Qt. For consumers, MeeGo will offer innovative application experiences that they can take from device to device. The MeeGo project is hosted by the Linux Foundation. For more information on MeeGo, visit www.meego.com.
About the Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering the growth of Linux. Founded in 2007, the Linux Foundation sponsors the work of Linux creator Linus Torvalds and is supported by leading Linux and open source companies and developers from around the world. The Linux Foundation promotes, protects and standardizes Linux by hosting important workgroups, events and online resources such as Linux.com. For more information, please visit www.linuxfoundation.org.
Trademarks: The Linux Foundation and Linux Standard Base are trademarks of The Linux Foundation. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. MeeGo is a trademark of the Linux Foundation.
Public Support for MeeGo Project
Acer
"Acer was an enthusiastic adopter of Moblin and we're excited about Moblin's evolution into the MeeGo software platform," said Jim Wong, senior corporate vice president and president of IT Products Global Operations at Acer. "We're looking forward to ecosystem innovation that will be enabled by the open nature of MeeGo."
Amino
"Amino is excited to announce support and adoption of the MeeGo* software platform," said Andrew Burke, CEO of Amino. "We are confident that MeeGo will enable and stimulate development of innovative products in the Consumer Electronics and PC industries."
Asianux
"We are excited to be joining the MeeGo Project", said Liguang Yang, Asianux CEO. "We look forward to utilizing the capabilities of MeeGo to deliver an excellent mobile experience to our customers."
Asus Corp.
"MeeGo is an exciting new software platform and gives customers mobile computing solutions based on Intel® Atom™ processors which offer innovations for the user experience," said S.Y. Shian, vice president and general manager of Notebook Business Unit, Asus Corp. "As the netbook market grows, Asus is continually exploring offerings that optimize this computing experience and address the specific needs of today's netbook customers."
BMW Group
"Open source innovations are necessary to drive the Automotive Industry's transition to the next generation of infotainment systems, helping bridge the gap between consumer electronics and In-Vehicle-Infotainment solutions," said Graham Smethurst – GENIVI Alliance president and general manager, Information and Communications Systems, BMW Group. "The first generation of the GENIVI reference platform is based on Moblin and the transition to MeeGo with its support of multiple architectures will make it more attractive to the industry."
Collabora, Ltd.
"The MeeGo project is great news for app developers," said Robert McQueen, director & co-founder at Collabora Ltd. "The combined strength of Moblin and Maemo makes it easy to develop apps for the platform, and allows application developers to target a broad range of mobile and consumer computing devices across the marketplace."
CS2C
"CS2C has seen great success with Moblin*-based products in netbooks and entry-level desktops in the China Go Rural program that boosts rural development with IT," said Han Naiping, CS2C CEO and president. "CS2C is very pleased to be part of the MeeGo Project."
DeviceVM
"DeviceVM is excited to announce support and adoption of the MeeGo software platform," said Mark Lee, co-founder and CEO of DeviceVM. "MeeGo will enable and stimulate development of innovative products in the Consumer Electronics and PC industries."
EA Mobile
"As the #1 worldwide publisher of mobile games, EA Mobile is excited about MeeGo and how it will help us to more efficiently and economically bring our great games to consumers," said Farshid Almassizadeh, VP Worldwide Operations, EA Mobile.
Gameloft
"Gameloft always looks for platforms that bring the consumers' gaming experience to new heights. With such a wide breadth of supporters involved, we expect MeeGo to help provide the necessary performance level for Gameloft to create games that will blow consumer expectations away," said Michel Guillemot, chairman and CEO, Gameloft.
Hancom
"Hancom is excited about the potential of MeeGo. Hancom is keen to productize with MeeGo 1.0 in Korean language and to work with local ISVs to develop compelling solutions for the Korean market," said Youngick Kim, Hancom CEO.
Linpus
"Linpus is excited to be involved in the MeeGo project," said Rita Jing, vice president of sales at Linpus. "We were involved in the Moblin™ project from very early on, shipping with several of the world's largest OEMs. The combination of the best of the Moblin and Maemo projects to form MeeGo only creates a more powerful, flexible open source community and platform."
Maemo Community Council
"The MeeGo project is a revolutionary open source initiative providing exciting opportunities for new and established developers," said Andrew Flegg, chairman, Maemo Community Council. "MeeGo is the natural evolution of Maemo. The Maemo community, active since Nokia's 2005 introduction of the 770 Internet Tablet, is well positioned to share in the benefits of improved tooling, a wider range of devices and a larger pool of innovative ideas made possible by MeeGo."
Mandriva
"Mandriva is pleased to join the MeeGo project," said Arnaud Laprévote, Mandriva CTO. "The MeeGo Project lowers our software infrastructure cost and allows Mandriva to focus our resources on building value for our customers."
Metasys
"Since the beginning of the Classmate PC project, Metasys and Intel have worked together on the development of an educational solution for the Linux environment, currently used in several countries. Now, Metasys becomes part of the MeeGo project and is aligning its strategy of developing the educational platform for the Classmate PC, formerly based on Moblin. Thus, the company expects to offer an innovative open software operating system for the next generation of computing devices," said Paulo Neuenschwander Maciel, CEO of Metasys.
Miracle
"Miracle is very happy to be joining the MeeGo Project and as a member of Asianux Consortium, we want to contribute an acceleration of MeeGo in Japanese market," said the president and CEO of Miracle, Takashi Kodama. "MeeGo will help allow us to provide exciting, innovative products in the embedded space."
MontaVista Software
"We are excited to be an active participant in the MeeGo community. MeeGo will aid device manufacturers in bringing commercial devices to market quickly and cost effectively," said Dan Cauchy, vice president of Marketing and Business Development, MontaVista Software. "By leveraging the benefits of MeeGo, device manufacturers will be able to deliver innovative solutions for handsets and other consumer-based embedded devices."
Novell
"Our strategic partnership with Intel and The Linux Foundation has already resulted in an innovative SUSE platform that addresses the needs of customers and developers alike," said Guy Lunardi, Director of Client Preloads at Novell. "With MeeGo, Novell will continue to play a leadership role by fully supporting open standards and contributing to the growth of the platform for the desktop."
PixArt
"The strong momentum of MeeGo has allowed PixArt to gain entry into the automotive segment," said Gabriel Marcelo Ortiz, CEO and president of PixArt. "We are joining MeeGo and will participate as part of the MeeGo community."
Red Flag
"Red Flag is very happy to be a part of the MeeGo* Project," said Dong Jia, Red Flag president and CEO. "Red Flag supports MeeGo-based products for netbooks, handhelds and in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) and looks forward to working on the upcoming MeeGo 1.0 release."
ST-Ericsson
"As a strong supporter of open source Linux, we welcome the MeeGo initiative," says Teppo Hemia, Vice President and head of 3G Multimedia Platforms at ST-Ericsson. "ST-Ericsson will strive to provide the best reference design to the developer community, while also contributing to the development of a broad array of innovative new mobile devices."
Tencent
"As a leading service provider in China, with more than one billion registered users, Tencent believes MeeGo is one of the most promising platforms for our cross platform service offerings, and Tencent will make our popular product available upon the launch of MeeGo-based devices to extend our own product and service offering to MeeGo compliant in timely fashion. Developing on MeeGo will enable us to establish a common software framework across multiple devices, ranging from smartphones and tablets to netbooks, it will greatly simplify access to an increasingly mobile and personalized Internet and drive uptake of new and existing applications and services," said Jeff Xiong, Tencent Co-CTO and executive vice president.
TurboLinux
"MeeGo preserves our business model of customization, services and support", said Claude Zhou, General manager of TurboLinux. "TurboLinux will transition our efforts from Moblin to MeeGo."
VietSoftware
"A variety of computing devices are occupying the mind of consumers. For example, the smartphone is becoming the dominant personal device in emerging markets like Vietnam," said Dr. Son, general director of VietSoftware Inc. "As a member of Asianux Consortium, VietSoftware is eager to participate in the MeeGo initiative of Intel and Nokia. We look forward to making our meaningful contribution to this important project."
Wind River
"With Wind River's experience as a leader in a wide variety of open source and mobile platforms, we expect that MeeGo will offer a flexible software platform for delivering innovative computing devices compelling user experiences in multiple device markets," said Chris Buerger, senior director, Product Management of Wind River.
WTEC
"The MeeGo Project is an important development in the mobile industry," said Phiroon Phihakendr, managing director of WTEC Co., Ltd. "We look forward to participating in the MeeGo Project."
Xandros
"The convergence of powerful elements into the MeeGo project hosted by the Linux Foundation will accelerate the future of mobile computing," said Andreas Typaldos, CEO of Xandros. "For us, it means that our touch-enabled PIM can be ported quickly to a broad range of mobile devices. We've been a Qt shop since our founding in 2001 and a Moblin participant from "the beginning of that project, so MeeGo combines and extends the best of both our worlds."
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The MeeGo project receives industry-wide support while it gets down to the business of writing code
SAN FRANCISCO, April 12, 2010 – The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced that companies from a broad range of sectors have committed to and are participating in the MeeGo project.
Participants today include leading device manufacturers, operating system vendors (OSVs), chipset manufacturers, independent software vendors (ISVs) and development communities. Supporting statements are attached from Acer, Amino, Asianux, Asus, BMW Group, Collabora, Ltd., CS2C, DeviceVM, EA Mobile, Gameloft, Hancom, Linpus, Maemo Community Council, Mandriva, Metasys, Miracle, MontaVista Software, Novell, PixArt, Red Flag, ST-Ericsson, Tencent, TurboLinux, VietSoftware, Wind River, WTEC, and Xandros.
This participation translates into millions of developer hours dedicated to cross-device compatibility, application portability and the user experience for MeeGo-based devices. Contributors are attracted to MeeGo because it extends reach beyond just smartphones to also include connected televisions, in-vehicle infotainment systems, netbooks and more.
The MeeGo project, which merges Intel's Moblin and Nokia's Maemo Linux-based platforms, was announced earlier this year at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. An opening (http://meego.com/community/blogs/imad/2010/day-1-here-opening-meego-development) of the MeeGo distribution infrastructure and operating system base was made available last month, and the first release of MeeGo is expected in the second quarter of this year with applications available in both Intel's AppUp Center and Nokia's Ovi Store.
"The MeeGo project is being met with enthusiastic support from companies and developers who want to seize the market opportunity that exists for the next-generation of computing devices," said Jim Zemlin, executive director at The Linux Foundation. "By working with a common set of tools and open technologies for building these devices, MeeGo developers will be able to easily reach the biggest addressable market available."
As an open source software platform, MeeGo will help to reduce market fragmentation and complexity, while helping to accelerate industry innovation and time-to-market for next-generation devices, Internet-based applications, services and user experiences. MeeGo is designed for cross-device, cross-architecture computing and is built from the ground up for a new class of powerful computing devices.
Intel's Imad Sousou, co-chairman of the MeeGo Technical Steering Committee and Nokia's Ari Jaaksi, vice president of MeeGo Devices, will deliver keynotes at this week's Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit on April 14, 2010. MeeGo project meetings will also take place on days 2 (April 15, 2010) and 3 (April 16, 2010) of the Summit. For more information about the Summit program, please visit: http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/collaboration-summit/agenda
About the MeeGo Project
The MeeGo project combines Intel's Moblin™ and Nokia's Maemo projects into one Linux-based, open source software platform for the next generation of computing devices. The MeeGo software platform is designed to give developers the broadest range of device segments to target for their applications, including netbooks and entry-level desktops, handheld computing and communications devices, in-vehicle infotainment devices, connected TVs, media phones and more – all using a uniform set of APIs based on Qt. For consumers, MeeGo will offer innovative application experiences that they can take from device to device. The MeeGo project is hosted by the Linux Foundation. For more information on MeeGo, visit www.meego.com.
About the Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering the growth of Linux. Founded in 2007, the Linux Foundation sponsors the work of Linux creator Linus Torvalds and is supported by leading Linux and open source companies and developers from around the world. The Linux Foundation promotes, protects and standardizes Linux by hosting important workgroups, events and online resources such as Linux.com. For more information, please visit www.linuxfoundation.org.
Trademarks: The Linux Foundation and Linux Standard Base are trademarks of The Linux Foundation. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. MeeGo is a trademark of the Linux Foundation.
Public Support for MeeGo Project
Acer
"Acer was an enthusiastic adopter of Moblin and we're excited about Moblin's evolution into the MeeGo software platform," said Jim Wong, senior corporate vice president and president of IT Products Global Operations at Acer. "We're looking forward to ecosystem innovation that will be enabled by the open nature of MeeGo."
Amino
"Amino is excited to announce support and adoption of the MeeGo* software platform," said Andrew Burke, CEO of Amino. "We are confident that MeeGo will enable and stimulate development of innovative products in the Consumer Electronics and PC industries."
Asianux
"We are excited to be joining the MeeGo Project", said Liguang Yang, Asianux CEO. "We look forward to utilizing the capabilities of MeeGo to deliver an excellent mobile experience to our customers."
Asus Corp.
"MeeGo is an exciting new software platform and gives customers mobile computing solutions based on Intel® Atom™ processors which offer innovations for the user experience," said S.Y. Shian, vice president and general manager of Notebook Business Unit, Asus Corp. "As the netbook market grows, Asus is continually exploring offerings that optimize this computing experience and address the specific needs of today's netbook customers."
BMW Group
"Open source innovations are necessary to drive the Automotive Industry's transition to the next generation of infotainment systems, helping bridge the gap between consumer electronics and In-Vehicle-Infotainment solutions," said Graham Smethurst – GENIVI Alliance president and general manager, Information and Communications Systems, BMW Group. "The first generation of the GENIVI reference platform is based on Moblin and the transition to MeeGo with its support of multiple architectures will make it more attractive to the industry."
Collabora, Ltd.
"The MeeGo project is great news for app developers," said Robert McQueen, director & co-founder at Collabora Ltd. "The combined strength of Moblin and Maemo makes it easy to develop apps for the platform, and allows application developers to target a broad range of mobile and consumer computing devices across the marketplace."
CS2C
"CS2C has seen great success with Moblin*-based products in netbooks and entry-level desktops in the China Go Rural program that boosts rural development with IT," said Han Naiping, CS2C CEO and president. "CS2C is very pleased to be part of the MeeGo Project."
DeviceVM
"DeviceVM is excited to announce support and adoption of the MeeGo software platform," said Mark Lee, co-founder and CEO of DeviceVM. "MeeGo will enable and stimulate development of innovative products in the Consumer Electronics and PC industries."
EA Mobile
"As the #1 worldwide publisher of mobile games, EA Mobile is excited about MeeGo and how it will help us to more efficiently and economically bring our great games to consumers," said Farshid Almassizadeh, VP Worldwide Operations, EA Mobile.
Gameloft
"Gameloft always looks for platforms that bring the consumers' gaming experience to new heights. With such a wide breadth of supporters involved, we expect MeeGo to help provide the necessary performance level for Gameloft to create games that will blow consumer expectations away," said Michel Guillemot, chairman and CEO, Gameloft.
Hancom
"Hancom is excited about the potential of MeeGo. Hancom is keen to productize with MeeGo 1.0 in Korean language and to work with local ISVs to develop compelling solutions for the Korean market," said Youngick Kim, Hancom CEO.
Linpus
"Linpus is excited to be involved in the MeeGo project," said Rita Jing, vice president of sales at Linpus. "We were involved in the Moblin™ project from very early on, shipping with several of the world's largest OEMs. The combination of the best of the Moblin and Maemo projects to form MeeGo only creates a more powerful, flexible open source community and platform."
Maemo Community Council
"The MeeGo project is a revolutionary open source initiative providing exciting opportunities for new and established developers," said Andrew Flegg, chairman, Maemo Community Council. "MeeGo is the natural evolution of Maemo. The Maemo community, active since Nokia's 2005 introduction of the 770 Internet Tablet, is well positioned to share in the benefits of improved tooling, a wider range of devices and a larger pool of innovative ideas made possible by MeeGo."
Mandriva
"Mandriva is pleased to join the MeeGo project," said Arnaud Laprévote, Mandriva CTO. "The MeeGo Project lowers our software infrastructure cost and allows Mandriva to focus our resources on building value for our customers."
Metasys
"Since the beginning of the Classmate PC project, Metasys and Intel have worked together on the development of an educational solution for the Linux environment, currently used in several countries. Now, Metasys becomes part of the MeeGo project and is aligning its strategy of developing the educational platform for the Classmate PC, formerly based on Moblin. Thus, the company expects to offer an innovative open software operating system for the next generation of computing devices," said Paulo Neuenschwander Maciel, CEO of Metasys.
Miracle
"Miracle is very happy to be joining the MeeGo Project and as a member of Asianux Consortium, we want to contribute an acceleration of MeeGo in Japanese market," said the president and CEO of Miracle, Takashi Kodama. "MeeGo will help allow us to provide exciting, innovative products in the embedded space."
MontaVista Software
"We are excited to be an active participant in the MeeGo community. MeeGo will aid device manufacturers in bringing commercial devices to market quickly and cost effectively," said Dan Cauchy, vice president of Marketing and Business Development, MontaVista Software. "By leveraging the benefits of MeeGo, device manufacturers will be able to deliver innovative solutions for handsets and other consumer-based embedded devices."
Novell
"Our strategic partnership with Intel and The Linux Foundation has already resulted in an innovative SUSE platform that addresses the needs of customers and developers alike," said Guy Lunardi, Director of Client Preloads at Novell. "With MeeGo, Novell will continue to play a leadership role by fully supporting open standards and contributing to the growth of the platform for the desktop."
PixArt
"The strong momentum of MeeGo has allowed PixArt to gain entry into the automotive segment," said Gabriel Marcelo Ortiz, CEO and president of PixArt. "We are joining MeeGo and will participate as part of the MeeGo community."
Red Flag
"Red Flag is very happy to be a part of the MeeGo* Project," said Dong Jia, Red Flag president and CEO. "Red Flag supports MeeGo-based products for netbooks, handhelds and in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) and looks forward to working on the upcoming MeeGo 1.0 release."
ST-Ericsson
"As a strong supporter of open source Linux, we welcome the MeeGo initiative," says Teppo Hemia, Vice President and head of 3G Multimedia Platforms at ST-Ericsson. "ST-Ericsson will strive to provide the best reference design to the developer community, while also contributing to the development of a broad array of innovative new mobile devices."
Tencent
"As a leading service provider in China, with more than one billion registered users, Tencent believes MeeGo is one of the most promising platforms for our cross platform service offerings, and Tencent will make our popular product available upon the launch of MeeGo-based devices to extend our own product and service offering to MeeGo compliant in timely fashion. Developing on MeeGo will enable us to establish a common software framework across multiple devices, ranging from smartphones and tablets to netbooks, it will greatly simplify access to an increasingly mobile and personalized Internet and drive uptake of new and existing applications and services," said Jeff Xiong, Tencent Co-CTO and executive vice president.
TurboLinux
"MeeGo preserves our business model of customization, services and support", said Claude Zhou, General manager of TurboLinux. "TurboLinux will transition our efforts from Moblin to MeeGo."
VietSoftware
"A variety of computing devices are occupying the mind of consumers. For example, the smartphone is becoming the dominant personal device in emerging markets like Vietnam," said Dr. Son, general director of VietSoftware Inc. "As a member of Asianux Consortium, VietSoftware is eager to participate in the MeeGo initiative of Intel and Nokia. We look forward to making our meaningful contribution to this important project."
Wind River
"With Wind River's experience as a leader in a wide variety of open source and mobile platforms, we expect that MeeGo will offer a flexible software platform for delivering innovative computing devices compelling user experiences in multiple device markets," said Chris Buerger, senior director, Product Management of Wind River.
WTEC
"The MeeGo Project is an important development in the mobile industry," said Phiroon Phihakendr, managing director of WTEC Co., Ltd. "We look forward to participating in the MeeGo Project."
Xandros
"The convergence of powerful elements into the MeeGo project hosted by the Linux Foundation will accelerate the future of mobile computing," said Andreas Typaldos, CEO of Xandros. "For us, it means that our touch-enabled PIM can be ported quickly to a broad range of mobile devices. We've been a Qt shop since our founding in 2001 and a Moblin participant from "the beginning of that project, so MeeGo combines and extends the best of both our worlds."
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The block diagram is so over-complicated, that it is hard to notice "3D graphics" repeating two times :)
@suncho
Probably a small typo -- one should probably read "2D" instead.
Incidentally, the text from Engadget isn't "over-complicated" but there are words repeating as well, in two occasions.
Will the N900 get MeeGo? Seconds away to buy one...
@bluefisch200
You will get MeeGo, but it might not be through Nokia. They havent committed to that. However, since there will be a good dev version for sure, rest assured the dev community will have a fully functional version for you quickly. So, Yes.
@bluefisch200, MeeGo is completely open system, even more than its predecessors Maemo and Moblin. It is true that you might not be able to get Nokia's MeeGo spin, but you'll be able to get MeeGo by yourself. Asking will the N900 get MeeGo is like asking will your new Dell laptop get Ubuntu - maybe not from Dell, but you can get it for yourself.
After all, the first public build of MeeGo was released for the N900 only. Granted, there is no GUI yet, but you get the picture...
@incognito OK...i like to get OS updates from the creators of the devices...i will (can? :D) wait...
@bluefisch200, suit yourself, if you can wait ;)
Even if it wouldn't ever get another update (except the upcoming PR1.2 w/ Qt 4.6 which will make it pretty much compatible on application level with both MeeGo and Symbian^3+) I wouldn't trade it for the world... My laptop usage has dropped more than 90% since I got it, and I'm doing things I couldn't even imagine doing before (and I've been using smartphones since 2002). Just like I couldn't go back from a smartphone to a dumb/feature phone, after getting the N900 I couldn't go back to the regular smartphone ever again. A marvelous device it is...
@bluefisch200
i agree with incognito. i always tell everyone that i could never go back to another phone again after using the n900. so as incognito said, even if it never gets another update again, i would never trade it for the world either! why wait? next time there is a good dell coupon and bing promotion, buy it and get a good deal. or just do what i did and buy it right away anyway lol. i didnt care that i paid full price i just wanted it right away. the price has easily been worth the value and productivity that i have gotten from it. you know how people say "it ends up paying for itself"? well ive always thought that was the most stupid line ever. lol. but if anything ever actually did come close to almost paying for itself, then it would be the n900 :P
@bluefisch200
you absolutely shouldnt wait.
3 days ago i got my N900 thinking kinda like you... and i must say i am BLOWN away by how awesome it is. I figured i would get it and prob sell it in a month or 2 weeks ... but holy shit this thing is amazing.
its also not NEARLY as large of fat as you think it is in all the photos.
i could probably ramble 5 more pages about how good it is.
also with the amount of function it has it can at first be easy to drain the battery life. If you have like 4 connections going at once, gps tracking of you, and all the feeds, and things... .. this is basically the same as having a turned on laptop in your pocket at all times, and it realllly drains the life. However, if you disable like the gps and keep only the important messanger like skype open. it suddenly seems to have really good battery life. Today i was actually surprised, it made it all day, and i used it quite a bit multiple times.
Omg they mentioned 3D graphics twice! That must mean we will be getting handsets with 6D graphics!
On a serious note... Arm > X86 for mobile devices
I'm excited about meego but I am not too happy about x86 in my pocket. Nokia wtf are u thinking?
@Eternity Nokia haven't commited to X86 for their phones. Meego supports both X86 and ARM processors. Nokia are likely to stick with ARM for their first meego phone ux.
Well on my N900 I've got MicroB, Mobile Firefox and Chromium (with touch extension). Only one missing is my personal favorite Opera.
I thought they were supposed to get rid of GTK+ and go with Qt, but look a GTK+ smack dab in the middle and absence of any Qt mention.
It looks nice otherwise.. reminds me of WM6's structure.
@NuShrike
QT is there... Slashgear article has Netbook feature list and it's there.
So whatever mockups you see are not the final.
@NuShrike, no Maemo 6 was supposed to get rid of the GTK stack, but since the merger between Maemo and Moblin, it's been decided to support both. However, Qt will still be a preferable approach that will be mostly pushed, at least by Nokia (given that they want to cover Symbian with the same app base as well, and vice versa).
Wannabe Windows Phone 7
@encrypt
in the sense that it is open-source, will run natively any application without the need for Microsoft approval, will multitask, be very highly customizable and app based .... yeah I guess you have a point.
Moron.
@encrypt
and it doesnt even look anything like it either. wtf r u talking about?
+1 Flix C
@Joseph L. Flatley
"According to some freshly minted PR, the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco will be lousy with developers starting Wednesday when the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit begins in earnest. "
I actually had to look up the word "lousy" to understand what you were saying here. Apparently, the 5th (slang) definition means "supplied in abundance". I must be getting old.
@Rossgadget
LOL
@Rossgadget
im glad im not the only one who had to look that up too lol
MeeLike?
Looks interesting. Kinda like a Blur/Kin/Whatever social page. The photo gallery is a photo gallery, they don't wow me. Would like to see more.
@Darkseider It's like glossy screens: better no 'wow' but ending up with something usable in the long term than a wow-feeling when u buy it and have to conclude it isn't actually that great ;)
@Darkseider
except that moblin was around before kin and blur. but sure, whatev
Do I see the Michael Jackson Ultimate collection there? Hmm this suddenly became that much more atractive to buy.
Ipad form factor + meego (netbook version) would an instant purchase..
I would preorder such a device
Do I see the Michael Jackson Ultimate collection there? Hmm this suddenly became that much more atractive to buy.
@Lord Vader
Ahhhhhhhhhhh
Looks like MeeGo's UI has more balls of steel than I thought it would,
I might even buy one to help me chew bubble gum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubblegum.
The Duke likes where this is heading.
i just hope they keep the dashboard. the way it works on maemo 5. thats the best part of the whole os in my opinion. having all apps on one screen and seeing them running live.
I find it like WM7 a lot...but I hope it can multitasking
@(Unverified)
It can multitasking for sure, don't worry. ;-)
In the middle screenshot, that is A LOT packed into one screen.
It looks like a picture of a PC screen.
To think it'll be packed and condensed into a 3.5" screen, wow, that text must be MINISCULE.
How the heck will people read that?
Also, the OS looks pretty boring overall.
@Johnny Rockets well, it's actually the netbook version screenshot u r looking at!!
Perfect !! Now waiting for the capacitive touch with 1GHz procy N9xx. :)
Linux: Quietly taking over the mobile market since 2008
Way to go Linus!
you know.. i reallly like the interface design of the N900, its gona be a shame it will not be used.
the 1 button doing 2 things, and clicking in the background to go back.
its just great.
all my friends have said they liked it too.
It seems nice, I will probably buy something running MeeGo when devices are released.
its been released, where is the insane news post on engadget? :P
http://meego.com/community/blogs/imad/2010/meego-v1.0-core-software-platform-netbook-user-experience-project-release