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Intel to cancel MeeGo development?

Categories: MeeGo, Rumors
By: , IntoMobile
Sunday, September 4th, 2011 at 6:08 AM
MeeGo future

Intel is reportedly planning to discontinue development of the MeeGo platform, due to lack of interest by the hardware makers. Originally created by combining Intel’s Moblin and Nokia’s Maemo platforms, MeeGo was envision as a powerful Linux-based OS that could work on smartphones, tablets, smart TVs and netbooks. Nokia’s decision to adopt Windows Phone as its mobile platform for high-end products pretty much killed the deal. To be fair, the Finnish giant has recently unveiled the Nokia N9, which is the first MeeGo-running smartphone, but it also stated it’s like an experimental device (which we like BTW).

Meanwhile, it is said that Intel will focus on hardware products, and its handset platforms will be paired with either Android or Windows Phone in 2012.

Needless to say, Intel didn’t want to comment on rumors, saying it remains committed to MeeGo and will continue to work with the community to develop and help meet the needs of customers and end users with open source. We’ll see where that goes…

[Via: DigiTimes]

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  • http://twitter.com/icecolddemon Phil Oakley

    Sell it to Google to integrate with Android. MeeGo has good features, but is simply not used enough :(