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MeeGo is what happens when Intel takes Nokia out to the prom and forgets the box of condoms that were handed out earlier in the school year at health class. It’s a huge effort to bring Linux, and more importantly the Qt runtime, to millions of devices. Whether or not you think it’ll be successful is irrelevant when you consider that the goal of MeeGo is to be installed on a wide range of hardware, from cars, to computers, to tablets, phones, and whatever else may have a screen and internet connectivity. Developers will decide the platform “winner” and even then, there is no real winner since everyone who makes a profit, regardless of how meager that amount may be, is a champion.
What you’re looking at above is a screenshot of the phone dialing interface for MeeGo. Supposedly MeeGo isn’t going to be fully stable and include touch screen support until version 1.1, due to hit the market in October. Those are just rumours tho, but if I was a betting man I’d say Nokia is going to try and get something on the market for the holiday season, irrespective of how immature the solution may be, à la Nokia N97 and N900.
[Via: HD Blog]
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
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