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Intel disappointed with Nokia’s Microsoft move, still backing MeeGo

By tim, on February 13th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

Intel’s Suzy Ramirez has posted about the future of MeeGo Linux following Nokia’s decision to base its smartphone strategy on Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system. Nokia was Intel’s key partner for MeeGo, which was formed by merging Intel’s Moblin with Nokia’s Maemo.

Although Nokia has been an important partner to Intel and MeeGo and we

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Qt will not be ported to Windows Phone 7 says Nokia

By tim, on February 12th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

Director of the Qt Ecosystem Daniel Kihlberg has posted officially on the future of Qt, Nokia’s cross-platform application framework.

However you spin it, Nokia’s change of direction, relegating Symbian to low-end phones and focusing on Windows Phone as its Smartphone platform, is not good for Qt developers. Kihlberg offers a glimmer of hope for MeeGo

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MeeGo NoGo: things look bad for the Intel/Nokia Linux project

By tim, on February 9th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

A sad post yesterday from MeeGo contributor Andrew Wafaa suggests that MeeGo on netbooks may no longer happen:

Basically by all accounts MeeGo is stopping all work on the Netbook UX. Yup, all our hard work is now almost for nothing

This is remarkable. The original Moblin project, sponsored by Intel, was all about

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Intel AppUp is Up, but underwhelming.

By tim, on September 15th, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

Intel has launched AppUp, its application store for Windows and Moblin/MeeGo Linux.

Isn’t Moblin obsolete, and now merged into MeeGo? That is the plan, but AppUp still talks about Moblin:

Apparently:

The Intel AppUp developer program will support MeeGo. The current Moblin SDK for the Intel AppUpSM developer program is MeeGo

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HP will not do Android or Windows Phone 7 smartphones – but what chance for webOS?

By tim, on July 26th, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

HP’s Todd Bradley, Executive Vice President of Personal Systems and formerly CEO of Palm, was interviewed by Jon Fortt at CNBC. Fortt asks some great questions which mostly get woolly answers, but did get this statement from Bradley:

We will not do a Linux, Android phone. We won’t do a Microsoft Phone … we’ll deliver

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What chance for MeeGo in the age of the iPad?

By tim, on May 28th, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

Today is Apple iPad day in the UK; but the portable device I’ve been playing with is not from Apple. Rather, I downloaded the first release build of MeeGo, proudly labelled 1.0, and installed it on my Toshiba NB 300 netbook, which normally runs Windows. You can choose between the evil edition with Google Chrome;

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What is happening with Silverlight on Intel Moblin/Meego?

By tim, on May 19th, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

Last September, Microsoft and Intel announced a port of Silverlight to Moblin Linux. I posted on the subject here, including a quote from Microsoft’s Brian Goldfarb:

Microsoft and Intel announced today that the two companies have agreed to work together to bring support for Silverlight 3 to Intel’s Atom-based Mobile Internet Devices (MID). These Atom-based

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Silverlight (and AIR) for MeeGo Linux coming in October?

By tim, on April 17th, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

Back in September 2009, Intel and Microsoft announced an official port of Silverlight for Linux, or at least for what was then Intel’s Moblin project, a Linux distribution tailored for netbooks. It was surprising to learn that this would be an official port using Microsoft’s code, as opposed to something based on Moonlight, the open

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Android the new Windows?

By tim, on April 1st, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

I’ve just reviewed the LG GW620 Android phone. I was impressed by its features but disappointed by its usability – it’s not that bad, but scrolling web pages accurately with touch I found almost impossible – it’s hard to avoid scrolling too far and missing out a chunk – and why does LG supply the

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Nokia Maemo, Intel Moblin gives way to MeeGo

By tim, on February 15th, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

Nokia’s Maemo operating system, a Linux distribution for mobile devices, is being merged with the Intel-sponsored Moblin distribution to form MeeGo, under the direction of the Linux Foundation:

MeeGo combines Intel’s Moblin and Nokia’s Maemo projects at the Linux Foundation to create one open source uber-platform for the next generation of computing devices: tablets, pocketable

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