Taiwan-based Red Flag Software announced at the Meego conference in San Francisco today that it plans offer an OS for tablets based on the open source software platform Meego v1.2. Named Midinux Tablet Edition, Red Flag will show off a tablet running the new platform at the Computex Conference in Taipei at the end of […]
Speaking at an investor conference, Intel CEO Paul Otellini said that the first smartphones with Intel chips inside are on track to become available next year. “You’ll see the first Intel-based phones in the market in the first part of next year,” Otellini said. Intel has been unable to crack the smartphone market so far, […]
Intel has began shipping its first Oak Trail chip, the Atom Z670, and gave a preview of its next-generation Cedar Trail platform. The more tablet-ready processor, first unveiled a year ago, is due to reach its first shipping devices in May. Most of the first batch will include Windows-based tablets like the ASUS Eee Slider […]
At the IPTV World Forum, the Linux Foundation introduced the MeeGo Smart TV Working Group (PDF). The groups includes Nokia, Siemens and Intel, along with Sigma Designs and MIPS Technologies, among others. These companies will work along with cable providers to create and grow out a system of developers and content providers for smart TVs. […]
During an analyst meeting this week, Intel Chief Executive Paul Otellini said his company was looking for other MeeGo partners in light of Nokia’s Microsoft deal. He further accused the phone maker of dropping the co-developed OS in favor of Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 after being offered “incredible” amounts of money per Reuters. Both Google […]
Intel’s CEO Paul Otellini recently said the MeeGo mobile operating system developed in conjunction with Nokia remains to have a bright future, despite its recent announcement to produce Windows Phone 7 based handsets. “I don’t see that Nokia changing its strategy changes the industry strategy,” Otellini said in an interview with Bloomberg at Mobile World Congress. […]
Reports from Finland have noted that hundreds of Nokia workers, possibly as many as 1,000, have walked out of Nokia’s Tampere office in protest at the decision to go with Windows Phone per the The International Business Times. Most of them are believed to work on Symbian and are objecting to upcoming job cuts that […]
Nokia’s decision to switch to Windows Phone for its devices has triggered harsh reactions from Intel. Intel in a statement said it was “disappointed” with Nokia but said it was “not blinking” on supporting MeeGo. The chip designer said to Laptop it already supported other operating systems and that there were other platforms besides phones […]
Intel today confirmed that it has started up a dedicated network and tablet group in a likely attempt to counter the iPad and other products based on ARM chips. The group will be led by the leader of the company’s embedded chip and communications team, Doug Davis. It should help “sharpen our focus [at Intel]” […]
At the MeeGo Conference in Dublin, the most up to date MeeGo 1.1 OS was shown on an Intel Moorestown-based Aava smartphone. The video shows there is still a major amount of work that needs to be done by developers. The basic system works well enough, but is missing the level of polish found on […]
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