With lackluster interest in its MeeGo mobile platform from carriers and manufacturers, and the need to focus its resources on more profitable areas, Intel announced that MeeGo development is being "temporarily" halted. But in the mobile device space, that is the death knell for a platform. If there was little interest when Intel was actively developing it, there will surely be even less now.
MeeGo Looks Dead In Water - InformationWeek (blog)
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MeeGo was a joint venture launched in early 2010 between Nokia and Intel. Nokia knew Symbian was at the end of its useful life and was switching to a Maemo, a Linux based platform designed originally for tablets. Intel wanted to get in the mobile platform game as well and jumped in with Moblin, which is short for Mobile Linux.Find reviews on Nokia phones blog
The two companies joined forces and merged the two platforms, and thus MeeGo was born. Only one MeeGo device from Nokia saw the light of day, the N9, which was just released in June.Find reviews on cheap Nokia phones
MeeGo Looks Dead In Water - InformationWeek (blog)
