Nokia’s Meego Device VP Ari Jaaksi quits

Ari Jaaksi, Vice President Nokia, Meego (formerly Maemo) Devices has resigned.  Finland’s Talous Sanomat confirms that Ari Jaaksi quit the company last week. The hardtime in Nokia board continues after the CEO Olli Pekka and the Head of Nokia Mobile Solutions  Anssi Vanjoki, now Ari Jassksi who is responsible for Meego has left the company. Continue reading “Nokia’s Meego Device VP Ari Jaaksi quits”

Leaked Nokia MeeGo OS Demo

We just spotted a video demo of what looks like MeeGo OS running inside a Nokia Phone Emulator. The screens don’t look like the UI where MeeGo screenshots pointed us about a month ago. But we heard that Nokia is going to have it’s own UI on top of the native MeeGo UI and this might be atleast a portion of that. But the UI looks pretty impressive ! Continue reading “Leaked Nokia MeeGo OS Demo”

Nokia N9 MeeGo UI might look different

The Nokia N9 which is rumored to be the first MeeGo phone from Nokia was shown off in a video which seems to have been pulled out of Youtube last month.  The MeeGo project today released some screenshots of MeeGo for handsets and the UI looks a bit different than Maemo and much more different than Symbian. The UI draws inspiration from Android and WebOS. Now Eldar of Mobile-Review tweeted that the Nokia N9 will have a different UI and not the default MeeGo UI. Continue reading “Nokia N9 MeeGo UI might look different”

MeeGo v1.0 for Netbooks is out , coming to handhelds soon

Finally Meego has released the version 1.0 of the software platform for Netbooks . And they have hinted at June release for Handhelds. MeeGo 1.1 handset UI development will start in June . The MeeGo Netbook User experience release will be followed by a early developer release for handhelds and tablets. The MeeGo image is available for download from the MeeGo site and it would run on Intel Atom based Netbooks.MeeGo v1.1 will be released in October and it will include support for touch-based devices such as Handsets, Tablets, and In-Vehicle Infotainment systems. So it should be end of the year by the time we see MeeGo powered phones

And this is a developer release , so if you are faint hearted , do stay away !

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Meego Developer Event in Chennai

Intel had recently organized a Developer Event for MeeGo in Chennai and I was almost missed the event as I heard about the event through twitter . Considering my passion for Linux and after being present at the MeeGo announcement during MWC in Barcelona this Feb , I decided to see what’s in store for Developers in the new MeeGo platform. Continue reading “Meego Developer Event in Chennai”

Official Meego Release for Nokia N900 in the works


The Nokia and Intel joined hands  for a open source platform called MeegoMeego is a combination Of Intel’s Mobiln and Nokia’s Maemo. The Meego official site has revealed that the first meego release for Nokia ARM based Nokia N900 and for Intel Atom based netbooks is coming soon. Continue reading “Official Meego Release for Nokia N900 in the works”

Nokia and Intel Merge Software Platforms to launch “Meego”

Today at Mobile World Congress 2010, Nokia and Intel announced that they are merging software platforms “Moblin” and “Maemo” to create “MeeGo“, a Linux-based software platform that will support the broadest range of device segments, including pocketable mobile computers, netbooks, tablets, mediaphones, connected TVs and in-vehicle infotainment system etc. Continue reading “Nokia and Intel Merge Software Platforms to launch “Meego””