MeeGo is an open source mobile operating system created by merging Intel's Moblin and Nokia's Maemo. It was announced in 2010 and aimed to run on devices like phones, tablets, netbooks and connected TVs. The first product to use MeeGo was Nokia's N900 phone, followed by the N9 smartphone and some Samsung netbooks. While MeeGo provided benefits like a larger developer market, it ultimately failed to gain widespread adoption and Nokia shifted focus to Windows Phone.
2. History
• MeeGo is a Linux-based open source mobile
operating system which is designed to act as an
operating system for hardware platforms such
as mobile phones, net book , tablets, and
connected TVs infotainment system.
• It Was first announced at Mobile Word
Congress in Feb 2010 by Intel and Nokia in joint
press conference.
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3. History
• The stated aim is to merge the efforts of Intel’s
Moblin and Nokia’s Meamo former projects into
one new common project. i.g “MeeGo”
• In May 2010 MeeGo 1.0 releases core
OS(N900 +AI) Net book UX
• On 21 June 2011, Nokia announced its first
MeeGo/Harmattan v1.2 smartphone
device, Nokia N9
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4. Maemo + Moblin
• Maemo is a software plateform developed by
Nokia for Smartphone's and internet tablets
Which is based on Debian Linux distribution.
• Moblin (mobile Linux) is inlets open source
mobile operating system and application for
Mobile internet devices(MIDs),net books etc..
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6. What is Use of MeeGo ?
MeeGo unifies Moblin and Maemo and supports a
range of target platforms, including:
−Netbooks
−Handsets
− Connected TVs
− In-Vehicle Infotainment devices
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13. Difference Between MeeGo and Android
• MeeGo and Android both are open sourced Linux based smart phone
operating system.
• Android project is currently carried out by Google and MeeGo is carried out
by Intel and Nokia as a joint venture.
• Android already have a huge application market having more than 200,000
applications whereas in MeeGo is currently under development. But some of
the Nokia OVI apps and Intel AppUp will run on MeeGo.
• Android already captured considerable mobile market and MeeGo is still
under development and not released for commercial use
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14. Benefits
Benefits to the Linux Platform:-
• Meego is helpful for Linux as a platform as it combines
mobile development resources that were recently split in
the Maemo and Moblin projects into one well-supported
project.
Benefits to Application Developers:-
• Meego significantly expands the market opportunities.
Benefits to Operators:-
• Meego enables differentiation through user interface
customization.
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