MeeGo is alive!

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Aside from today being the 50th anniversary of humanity in space, this is the best piece of news
Updated MeeGo interface gets shown off on Atom Z670-based reference tablet -- Engadget

And there is even more promised in two days, on "MeeGo Day"!

Since the phone/tablet devices found better CPUs for themselves than x86, Intel might try to find a better OS for their chips. Isn't competition good?

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As it turns out, the updated GUI of MeeGo is courtesy of the new "patron" of the Linux smartphone OS, Tencent from China.
MeeGo finding some love in China after Nokia defection

And if this gets traction, we might see the rise of next HTC - Chinese manufacturer ZTE
Intel's first Medfield-based smartphone to be a ZTE? -- Engadget

I just hope that the final product will support English along with Chinese...

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It is getting even better: LG is joining ZTE, Intel and the rest of the MeeGo train
LG steps into Nokia void to develop handset version of MeeGo -- Engadget

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Another LG MeeGo update
LG's MeeGo smartphone and tablet prototypes to be demonstrated next month -- Engadget

It looks like LG is taking the mobile space very seriously. They started with firing its CEO last year
LG Elec Replaces CEO After Record Mobile-Phone Losses - Businessweek

Also, what really surprised me was the fact that the number of mobile patents LG owns is second to Samsung

Taken from this article.

This might not mean too much (ITC ruled that neither Nokia nor Apple violated the other party's patents) but
combined with recent LG activity in the mobile space shows that they are determined to compete with Samsung.
Both, their handsets and tablets are getting close...

Good news indeed!

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A good overview of MeeGo today and tomorrow
MeeGo and Mango promise mobile web delights ? The Register

It looks like its primary market is going to be cars (Nissan, BMW, Renault support) and netbooks/tablets...

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MeeGo: Take 2...
Still coming?
Is this Nokia's Lankku? -- Engadget
Very similar to what was leaked before

Very decent specs and might make the WP7 modding easier, MeeGo being
Linux will have driver support for hardware later (possibly) in WP7 phones.

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And it's official, with and without a keyboard
Nokia N9 first hands-on! (update: video) -- Engadget
Nokia's N950 developer MeeGo handset gets official: 4-inch display, QWERTY keyboard, same childlike dreams (updated) -- Engadget

Good thing they settled with Apple, or they would be sued: screen and icons should be a good enough reason...

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Looks like really good design choices were made...
Nokia N9 officially announced: unibody design, buttonless ‘swipe’ UI, and the lost promise of Meego | This is my next...
No physical buttons on the front (must be a first for Nokia), NFC chip, SIM hot-swap, all GSM frequencies covered!

And good looking, too!

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I was very pleased to read this: I am not alone thinking along those lines
Nokia’s burning platform might have been a phoenix | This is my next...

In other ways, the N9 is symbol of everything Nokia is actually capable of. The hardware design looks incredible, and it’s astonishingly original given the supposed design limitations of the slab form factor. The OS has a strong design language of its own, many best-in-class features, and an exciting and simple new UI paradigm...

Not only does it look and act like a next generation phone when compared to everything on the market today, it does all that while running Linux!

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Hey, the first Win7 phone is almost identical to the N9 (except for the camera part)
Nokia's first Windows Phone: images and video, codenamed 'Sea Ray' -- Engadget

Good thing Nokia didn't let Microsoft to design the handset...

First thing that comes to mind: you might be able to switch ROMs between the WP7 and MeeGo handsets.
And this could have been done on purpose!

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The same N9 also had (at some point) Android running on it
Nokia's Android flirtations revealed -- Engadget

It looks like the N9 might end up being the smartphone modder's dream come true: one handset that does it all!

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Just to help the people-are-too-dumb-to-chose-and-need-a-Dear-Leader crowd,
Intel showed a variety of tablets including ones running MeeGo
Hands-on with Intel’s line of Atom-based tablets, including the MeeGo WeTab

Obviously, they had just one thing in common - Atom...

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There is not much hope to catch a N9 without travelling overseas...
Smartphone news: RIM gains 1m in Europe, while Nokia's N9 gets limited release | Technology | guardian.co.uk

Countries where the Nokia N9 will NOT be launched: UK, Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Belgium, Canada and the US.

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If not the N9, this should have better availability
ASUS Eee PC X101 product page goes live, still no release date -- Engadget

The "netbook revolution" is here again: same spec hardware, twice as fast, half the price and half as thick.

Running MeeGo!

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7 weeks left before N9 goes on sale...
Hem | Upplev Nokia N9 - Allt som krävs är ett svep

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Shows the ballpark what N9 will sell for: a bit under $700
Nokia's N9 coming to Kazakhstan on September 9th, gets its own billboard -- Engadget

Relative comparisons are always more reliable: it will be about the same as Galaxy R while Galaxy S II is 20% more (second picture).
Considering the S II is expected for $600 unsubsidized, the N9 will be some $550 (imported from Europe) after dust settles...

Also, it is 1/3 more than Nexus S that ends up around the same $550 mark...

I guess Baikonur needs fancy communication tools...

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MeeGo ain't dead but not exactly improving...
Intel denies giving up on MeeGo, but that doesn't mean much

Again a rumor Samsung might step in to replace Nokia.
They have already denied having any interest in HP's PC business and webOS. MeeGo might be next in this list.

It doesn't look like Intel can hold this fort alone.

Too bad...

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Yikes...
It is more than the most pessimistic predictions...
Crickey! Nokia's N9 goes up for preorder in Australia - Engadget

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If not the N9, this should have better availability
ASUS Eee PC X101 product page goes live, still no release date -- Engadget

And here it is
ASUS Eee PC X101 now available for pre-order at CDW and Amazon -- Engadget

It ain't the $99 TouchPad but looks good nonetheless...

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A lot was said about RIM's QNX gadgets running Android apps (one day).
You can make those apps run on MeeGo, too!
OpenMobile demos ACL for MeeGo, promises 100% compatibility with Android apps (video) - Engadget

Only offered to OEMs so far, but it could jump into the consumer space if enough handsets are sold...

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