http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Jul 26th 2010 5:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Jul 26th 2010 6:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Jul 26th 2010 6:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Jul 26th 2010 6:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Jul 26th 2010 6:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Beegoo!]]>Jul 26th 2010 7:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Jul 26th 2010 8:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/
Nokia on the otherhand is the phone version of Yahoo.]]>Jul 26th 2010 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Jul 26th 2010 9:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/
That's what some people like you said about Apple too, 15 years ago.]]>Jul 26th 2010 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/
hmm.....Looks like Android is losing the battle of the IVI/Head Unit. They started off with a lot of promise but I wonder where Google went wrong coz they have a dedicated automotive division just like Microsoft. Might be that they gave too much of a perception of being hands-off on Android and giving an impression that it is truly open source and everything is decided by the OHA committee when in reality it is not. Car manufacturers hate democratic free-wheeling systems (with good reason though).
]]>Jul 26th 2010 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Jul 26th 2010 5:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Jul 26th 2010 5:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Toheil.
Swiftly.
2.
]]>Jul 26th 2010 5:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Yugo ftw.
]]>Jul 26th 2010 6:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Yugo FTW x2 :D]]>Jul 26th 2010 6:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Jul 26th 2010 5:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Jul 26th 2010 5:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Jul 26th 2010 5:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Jul 26th 2010 5:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Jul 26th 2010 5:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Jul 26th 2010 5:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/
It looks like a good OS, and combined with the N series it should be a winner. The only thing it doesn't have is the wide app selection that Android and Apple have.

This is going to get very ugly. We can't have android, iOS, WM7 and Meego all happily living together with different app programming languages. Someone's gotta go or someone has to allow their competitors apps on their phones.

My guess? Android apps on Meego or vice versa]]>Jul 26th 2010 5:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/
Choice and competition FTW!]]>Jul 26th 2010 6:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Jul 26th 2010 6:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/It should be relatively (!) easy to port Dalvik to MeeGo or Qt to Android.

Apple will always sit in its own little walled garden though. :)]]>Jul 26th 2010 6:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Jul 26th 2010 7:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/
meego should be able to run most of the 13,000 current symbian apps when it comes out , plus with qt all future symbian apps will run on meego , porting to qt from android apps is also not very difficult,
So i can see meego building up a decent amount of apps in a very fast time hopefully.]]>Jul 26th 2010 7:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Jul 26th 2010 7:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/

sometimes i wonder...]]>Jul 26th 2010 5:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Jul 26th 2010 6:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Netbook, tablet and phone UX having example deep sync possibilities like example syncing all the music and setting over. Something that we are now seeing with some of the desktop linux distros.]]>Jul 26th 2010 6:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/
I can see it now...AMD and Nvidia are drooling at the idea that Intel is taking its eye off the ball and dedicating resources to yet another failed product.]]>Jul 26th 2010 6:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Jul 26th 2010 7:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Jul 26th 2010 7:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Jul 26th 2010 7:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/
its seems heavy ? it true linux based OS making meego extremely light , remember its a full OS unlike other smartphone one , making it closer to the likes of windows.
And why does it matter that they had a mouse pointer on the screen , plus maybe you where confused the preview your taking about was just a framework example and kick start for one device , not a proper version of Meego on a phone.]]>Jul 26th 2010 7:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Jul 26th 2010 6:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Jul 26th 2010 7:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/
and towards one single tire model too.]]>Jul 26th 2010 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/GM+BMW+PSA that's support !]]>Jul 26th 2010 6:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/For those who's asking Mercedes Benz in on the photo... here


http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/nokia-partners-with-european-automotive-powerhouses-for-in-car-a/]]>Jul 26th 2010 6:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Jul 26th 2010 6:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Jul 26th 2010 7:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Jul 26th 2010 7:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Jul 26th 2010 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/Jul 26th 2010 8:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/
I rather have all the "brains" be on MY device, not in the car. All I want the car for is the hardware buttons which would make it easy to change stations and other settings. My phone or MP3 player can be updated way the hell easier and cheaper than a car's entertainment system which I fear would be out-of-date before you even buy the car.]]>Jul 26th 2010 8:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/
And there are a ton of good reasons for cars to get more sophisticated software over time. Like real-time component wear warnings, et al.]]>Jul 26th 2010 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/meego-becomes-infotainment-operating-system-of-choice-for-bmw-g/
While I agree it would be in their best interests, that is not always the way some of these companies work - they like to push their own products even that means crippling any other devices you hook up to it.

Also I have nothing against more computing power when it comes to the automotive (engine, transmission, etc) side, but the simple fact is that no car company is ever going to be able to keep up with the rate of change in the smartphone work.

As an example, within one model year Android phones have 2X in speed and gained many more features. No car company (or even their suppliers) would be able to keep up with that. And imagine what will happen 3 or 4 or even 10 years down the line? The infotainment hardware in these cars is going to be ancient, even if the car itself might be perfectly fine.

Better to just let the driver supply their own infotainment source and just use the car's hardware to play it on (like the car's speakers and if it had a screen, mirror the smartphone's display on that). Heck, I wouldn't even mind if the car has no screen at all - just allow a place to dock your phone and use it's screen instead. ]]>Jul 26th 2010 7:25PM