Telefonica gets behind MeeGo, says 'smartphones, netbooks, tablets, and internet connected TVs' are possibilities
By Chris Ziegler 
posted June 2nd 2010 4:58PM
posted June 2nd 2010 4:58PM
Virtually all of the MeeGo buzz since Intel and Nokia's tie-up back in February has been focused on high-end smartphones, tablets, and netbooks, but Telefonica reminds us that there's another potential target for the platform, too -- connected TVs. The Spanish wireless, fixed internet, and cable operator has thrown its weight behind MeeGo this week (which is a pretty big deal considering that the company has global reach across 25 countries and about a quarter billion subscribers), hinting that "services could potentially include content and applications that can be accessed from devices such as smartphones, netbooks, tablets, and internet connected TVs for Telefonica's wireline and wireless operations." We've yet to see any set-top box announcements in the MeeGo space, but with Google trying to light fires under the connected TV market, we imagine some competitors are bound to emerge -- and it's probably a good sign that they've got the backing of a cable company.
GO MeeGo, GO!
@skyblaze ¡En Espanol, Viva la MeeGo!
@N900 aMeeGo!
@skyblaze
Ven conMeeGo!
@skyblaze
Great news, so Asus, Acer, Nokia, Intel, BWM, EA, then a bunch more. Now telefonica. Seems like a win to me.
@skyblaze Took 40 mins to download at 300kbps, and thats 40 mins I wish I hadn't wasted. This is not a finished OS, and netbook users are not likely to be happy with the limitations.
Granted this is version 1.0 though, and kind of a public beta.
Its free though, so doesn't hurt to try it.
@Ducman69 Actually, I'll upload a youtube video, but it does not boot up faster than W7 on a Dell Mini 9.
I haven't found much reason yet to be optimistic about Meego's potential. It might take off, but this is a very crowded market right now.
I loaded this thing on my netbook and thought it was crap. It got a long ways to go.
@Deihmos
Have you seen the tablet UI, or the Phone UI? Especially the tablet UI looks really great.
Nooo.. no! No!
I don't even know what MeeGo is, but everything telefonica touchs, dies.
Telefonica(now called Movistar)? I have far about it.
@Pittor fear*
Meego looks cool, and it will probably merge into the mainline linux distributions way before Android does. So this is good news, but Telefonica is literally the worst - they're like a little mafia company complaining that google owes them revenues for using internet infrastructure to deliver search results to people in Spain.
"Telefonica said it will work with device manufacturers, application developers and service providers to explore ways of leveraging the MeeGo capabilities into their service offerings."
in other words, crippling their devices, flooding them with not-removable crapware, making sure they are carrier-unlockable, blocking services they deem a menace to their business (voip), forcing the user to wait months for software updates...
MeeGo is looking better by the day, and after using it on a laptop, i must say i would rather have it on a tablet, then ipad os or android.
Other than the fact I can't get MeeGo to load to my local disk, can't get it to even give me a wifi option on the liveimage or get ANY amount of support for the issues, Go MeeGo?
So is NokiTel going to replace the WinTel combination?
Just so you know. Telefonica is now called MOVISTAR.
MeeGo is becoming the next Android