Intel looking for Partner to help with MeeGo: Samsung won’t buy but will have MeeGo devices.
Last week, there were some news that Intel may be temporarily dropping support for MeeGo. Shortly afterward though they said that they were still committed. Today on PhoneArena, Intel reaffirmed this but added that they are looking for help with MeeGo.
We will continue. It’s just a question of who is going to help us shape that.
Intel, via PhoneArena
On a similar story, some days ago, there were rumours that Samsung may possibly be interested in investing heavily into MeeGo by buying it.
SlashGear and CNet report that is not going to be the case.
“Meego is an open-source project which cannot be a target of acquisition”
Samsung Rep, via CNet
However, Samsung will still be using MeeGo as part of their devices portfolio.
Sources: PhoneArena, CNet, SlashGear
Category: Nokia
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The target of Samsung is have many devices with many OS, so if this guys launch a SGS II with meego, mmmm that will be a perfect device, but considering that Nokia N9 is no yet in the market, it will be approach by Samsung to launch as soon as possible any device with meego, and after this, Elop will see the huge mistake that he did with Meego and N9
problem with samsung – they will use touch wiz rather than nokias swipe ui.
Yes the high point of N9 or any Nokia devices that will coming with meego is swipe, but, how many time we have to wait for N9 untill Samsung try to addapt or “copy” with something like swipe anf get more approach from meego thanb Nokia
Maybe that some developers will try to integrate Swipe UI on these phones! You never know.
doubt about it. It would be very surprising if nokia wouldn’t protect swipe with couple of patents
Where does it say they will have MeeGo devices ? Must have missed that one….
Indeed
Samsung already has MeeGo devices…
other manufactures should show interest in meego, android cant make them stand out of the crowd!
apple and ms are afraid of meego if meego can have strong support
Honestly, while I am sure they are evaluating Meego, they are more likely to start or continue (as many of them have already) putting out WP phones instead/too.
I doubt anyone is really afraid of Meego ___RIGHT NOW__ but I guess that could change in the medium term future.
yupppyyyyy….or better sammmmyyyyy
samsung use MeeGo, but the Swipe????? i don’t think
Swipe has nothing to do with Meego
Swipe is akin to TouchWiz or Sense, a UI skin.
Imagine! Samsung device powered by MeeGo
this is just like head shoot in Android heads! lol, ill love Samsung 4ever if they did it!
There’s already a Samsung MeeGo netbook I think. No phones yet though.
http://mynokiablog.com/2011/07/21/samsung-n100-meego-netbook-for-india/
This one is out in se asia too.
+1
whoever supports meego developement will be making big money, the vinilla meego ui is not too bad! something like the maemo6 ui
Are you for real?
And the Harmattan/maemo6 UI also called Swipe UI(that is amazing) is absolutely nothing like vanilla MeeGo. Swipe UI is closed source and will stay so, just like Maemo 5.
Vanilla MeeGo got on nothing to take Android, especially as it’s starting pretty much from zero, where’s Android got huge ecosystem around it.
MeeGo is dead, Swipe UI running Maemo 6/Harmattan is sweet and might have had future if Nokia decided to continue it.
You need to read up a lot more about MeeGoCE and what’s happening there.
Element of harmattan’s UI “are” being merged, not all of it, but some important elements are.
They’re working with limited resources though, so progress is very slow, they need a big backer.
I think samsung might be more interested in meego for tv
wonder why intel dont make their own meego phone? they are hardware company right?
What makes people think MeeGo will be an instant success and Elop will regret it once or if Samsung gets a device out.
Remember people the N9 is based on Harmatten and is compatible with MeeGo nothing more.
Jury is still out on actual MeeGo, early UI show promise but it is being developed at snails pace, I mean there is no consumer device in the market to speak off !!!
MeeGo lost its momentum when Intel and Nokia decided to join up, Intel are notoriously slow when it comes to mobile.
+1.
I was thinking the exact same thing. If this is a war of ecosystems and Meego continues to move at this pace, I’m afraid it won’t be the iOS or Android killer everyone here is proclaining it to be.
Perhaps the sudden and rather surprising N9 demand will persuade non-Elop Nokia Staff and investors to turn the boat. Not necessarily completely, but at least to strenghten the Meego line up a bit, by a hand full of devices.
Frankly, I doubt it. Unless there is a sudden and rather suprising sing of life in the Meego platform.. As much I hate to say that.
What is all this flip flop about Meego OS? we dont care who makes it ,so long as it is going to be like or better than the N9..samsung,LG,acer or nokia etc.
agreed. +1 to you sir.
Swipe UI is very very nice but there is a lot of possibility through MeeGo is open sources… And another very very nice UI is Cordia… what else…
samsung lg acer asus dell etc can implement multitouch gestures on meego phone to replace swipe ui!
example
1.two fingers swipes on homescreen to call open applecations
2.rotation gestures on active aplication to go to homescreen
swipe ui is still the easiest but my ideas are not bad for other manufactures who wish to make meego phones. even apple is trying to get rid of homebutton