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MeeGo Nowhere
My previous blog post about MeeGo was completely off-base. So it looks like Nokia decided to go with Windows Phone 7. Personally I don’t see the point, but then again I don’t run a Fortune 500 firm either. Apparently there are still plans for a MeeGo powered handset/mobile computer. Sometime in May, maybe? However it…
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Nokia and Qt, I Choose You!
Since I commented on this post about MeeGo here, I really should explain. I went to a Wavefront/Nokia seminar about Nokia’s Qt and Ovi store on Friday. Partially out of curiosity, partially to network and partially to perhaps win a brand new spanking N8. Not that I want to hand in my N900, but I…
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MeeGo 1.0 and Maemo5 PR 1.2 Released
While I was busy with the randomness of life, awesomeness hit the world of mobile Linux. Maemo5 PR 1.2 Released For all you proud owners of Nokia N900s, go and upgrade to the recently released PR 1.2 update for Maemo5. This update really, really improved the performance of the phone. Better multimedia playback, faster browsing…
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We have a Go for MeeGo
6 days after I blog that the MeeGo project should start with a release of MeeGo as a first step… well they do exactly that. Now before everyone goes off and tries to flash their nifty Nokia N900, please don’t. This first release is just the underlying stack, without any GUI elements. As in if…
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The MeeGo Comeths
A few weeks ago, Nokia and Intel announced a merger of the Maemo and Moblin projects. The resulting platform shocked the world. OK, it only shocked the communities (the third amigo) involved. Yours truly wanted to blog about it badly weeks ago. But I apparently never got the knack of timing and priorities just right.…