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Intel says will find partners for MeeGo
Peter Clarke
2/17/2011 12:19 PM EST
LONDON – Intel will find other partners to help with the MeeGo mobile operating system project now that Nokia has backed out to work with Microsoft on developing the Windows OS.
This is according to Paul Otellini, president and CEO of Intel Corp., speaking to analysts at a conference in London Thursday (Feb. 17). Otellini provided no clue as to who such partners might be.
MeeGo is a Linux-based open source mobile operating system targeted at a range of mobile devices in the consumer electronics market and was formed by Nokia and Intel through the merger of Intel's Moblin and Nokia's Maemo projects.
Otellini said Nokia's CEO Stephen Elop had concluded that Nokia could not "afford" to stay with the MeeGo project after receiving offers to switch from both Microsoft and Google.
Nokia is under attack on many fronts, Otellini said. He said HTC is attacking Nokia at the low end, Symbian is dying, and Android and Apple are "eating its lunch" at the top end. Otellini went on to say that Microsoft and Google had been making "incredible offers" for Nokia to switch allegiance from MeeGo. "Microsoft bid for it and boom," Otellini said.
Otellini said he had then refused to part of a bidding war to get Nokia's support.
"I wouldn't have made the decision he [Elop] made," Otellini said. "I would probably have gone to Android if I were him. MeeGo would have been the best strategy but he concluded he couldn't afford it,” he told analysts.
Otellini said the carriers are still keen to see Meego as a competitor open-source ecosystem to Android. "We will find other partners," he concluded.
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dirk.bruere
2/17/2011 3:31 PM EST
MeeGo is as dead as Nokia
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Warren
2/17/2011 4:04 PM EST
We'll see. Not having Nokia doesn't seem to help but if you take Elop at his word then having Nokia wasn't doing many favors either.
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goafrit
2/18/2011 11:09 AM EST
No, I can buy and make it better. Intel can partner with me. It is not dead. Just that the name is funny and not cool. Give it a new name and make it geeky.
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Frank Eory
2/19/2011 6:00 PM EST
goafrit, I agree about the name. It makes me think MeeGoNowhere. And Nowhere seems to be exactly where it's headed.
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wilber_xbox
2/17/2011 7:38 PM EST
right now MeeGo's future is in dark. Reading Otellini's comment, he himself does not seem too excited about the project. With another open source mobile platform, Andriod, already making much headstart the MeeGo will die down slowly.
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yalanand
2/17/2011 10:47 PM EST
"I wouldn't have made the decision he [Elop] made," Otellini said.
Seems like Otellini's is excited more about Android than MeeGo. Its just a matter time before MeeGo vanishes.
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iniewski
2/18/2011 11:05 AM EST
It is kind of funny to read CEO saying that I like competitor product (Android) better than mine (MeeGo)...Kris
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Tombo
2/18/2011 11:15 AM EST
Not just MeeGo. What about Qt?? It will probably go the same way. It's making me think about future design decisions.
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chanj
2/18/2011 2:35 PM EST
The business decision will drive the technological advancement. Qt has been around for a while, doing not bad. MeeGo seems to be a reasonable good OS and the partnership between Nokia and Intel would likely help MeeGo penetration into the market. Now, with the change, the future of MeeGo is an unknown. Qt's life may be in jeopardy. Which company would be the best option for Intel? Will Windriver be considered? Or shall Intel grow Meego?
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lifewingmate
2/19/2011 12:50 AM EST
Here's a new thought. MeeGo can stay the same "underneath" since it is a "safer" Linux-based system (far less bugs and viruses than Microsoft-based systems), it should be marketed/packaged differently. Since it is open source, maybe it could merge with Android OS rather than competing with it per se.
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eewiz
2/19/2011 8:19 AM EST
@lifewingmate
MeeGo merging with Android aint gonna happen. Google already has lot of help in developing Android. But since both Android & MeeGo has Linux Kernel, Intel could try to make it easy for developers to port the Apps from Android, Or even better, just develop a virtual machine to run Android apps on MeeGo.
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Sheetal.Pandey
2/19/2011 2:56 PM EST
This is some news. I guess Intel CEO has clear vision. Nokia on other hand calling shots as per the business pressure.Let us watch the space for more news.
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ManasK.RayChaudhuri
2/20/2011 8:45 PM EST
We have to watch out patiently.
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jimcondon
2/20/2011 9:11 PM EST
I'd like to see Meego succeed to keep a truly open environment available for this segment. Between iOS, Android, and Window Phone, Android is the most open but still under control of Google. Intel has given Meego the most freedom of these environments. I hope they find a strong partner to go forward with.
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Krutsch
2/21/2011 10:00 AM EST
The strategy with Meego was/(is) : to support applications from all other competing operating systems. Android is not the competition as someone mentioned, but more another race horse with that Intel is going. It is kind of known that Google and Intel work together for in terms of Android…
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wilber_xbox
2/21/2011 4:43 PM EST
how do you know this? I have not read it anywhere. Maybe Meego is not a competitor to Andriod but also Intel does not have plan to support Android either, as far as the news i have read.
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jimcondon
2/21/2011 8:26 PM EST
I don't think @Krutsch is correct in Meego supporting Android applications, but Intel has always been very OS agnostic, supporting Windows, Linux, MacOS on PCs and even Android on the GoogleTV boxes. Their approach seems to be to try to be the best platform no matter the OS. It doesn't really make sense for Intel to not support an OS.
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Krutsch
2/22/2011 2:07 AM EST
As far as I know now they partnered with Acer to get some tablet out with Atom and Android… I think that if one brings yet another OS out with nothing really to support it, like running already existing apps from competitors it is meant to fail.. Probably it is going to fail anyway since Intel is going aggressively Android. (And yes you cannot find the info all around the block… But take a look on job offers posted by Intel in new centers and you will observe some trends :P )
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Krutsch
2/22/2011 2:14 AM EST
@jimcondon : http://gigaom.com/mobile/a-meego-tablet-with-android-app-support-is-coming/
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Baolt
2/23/2011 7:50 PM EST
"We will find other partners," he concluded. hmmm let be sceptical who can be partner of intel's Meego.
Samsung - Big player, not using only one OS but going in parallel with many. Bada, WM and Android, why to go for another challenge where biggest rival left ship already.
LG - Hard player, beaten warrior, as like samsung using different 'OS' strategy but again not suitable to jump in an start-up adventure.
HTC - Who might be interested as left alone by Android(google) however they also tied up with WM. Why to go with tyro guy
Sony-Ericsson - Another Android fun aimed for middle class phones. Not suitable also.
Perhaps ZTE or Huawei who might be interested to join to team up with intel but i dont think its feasible.
If we just see example of Palm WebOS and HPs huge efforts to promote it as competitor to Android, Bada, WM and iOS, i believe intel should stop wasting money on a dead-end project. The OS market is almost at satisfaction and most importantly intel isnt a phone brand as like Samsung who can eat home made pie (Bada)
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t.alex
2/26/2011 7:15 AM EST
Any product adopting MeeGo platform?
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jimcondon
2/26/2011 11:26 AM EST
t.alex
I know Amino is using Meego for a set top box design (http://www.allaboutmeego.com/news/item/12058_Amino_Freedom-set-top_box_powe.php) and WeTab is supposed to shipping a tablet.
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jimcondon
2/26/2011 11:30 AM EST
@Krutch, sorry I didn't mean to claim you were wrong about products supporting Android apps on top of Meego, I meant that Meego's strategy wasn't to run others applications, but to create an apps platform for Meego to compete with Android and others.
I don't see the Android Apps on top of other ecosystem working real well. Why not just support Android if that your goal?
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Krutsch
2/28/2011 6:25 AM EST
Right now people developed apps for Android and for Apple’s OS and some for Microsoft Mobile. It would be hard to make people develop the things also for Meego. It is not just a “recompile and GO”..
I agree with you in terms of speed , but sincerely, in this world they don’t really optimize the software anyway. What is to optimize on “cook books” or “how to find your way in the wild” apps :)
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