By Allen Tsai | Tue Feb 16, 2010 3:32 am |
Nokia and Intel said they are teaming up to launch a mobile operating system which can run on smartphones, laptops and TV sets, as they race to keep up with Apple and Google.
Built by merging Nokia's Maemo and Intel's Moblin platforms, the new Linux-based software, called MeeGo, will be open to developers in the second quarter with the first devices launching later this year."People will be able to keep their favorite applications whenever they change devices," said Kai Oistamo, Nokia's executive vice president for devices. With consumer demand shifting to smartphones, the rivalry between different mobile operating systems has turned increasingly fierce in recent years. The Finnish handset giant led the industry with its Symbian software, but in recent years, it has lost market share from a weakened global economy, an outdated portfolio of smartphones, and gains by smartphone specialists Apple, BlackBerry maker Research in Motion and newcomer Google. In August, Nokia developed Maemo, as a need for higher-end models and rolled out the N900 -- the result of a five-year project -- just three months ago. The company said that while it was still committed to using Symbian, which most of its smartphones use, its most advanced devices would now use the new MeeGo operating system. Last month, Nokia said it would give away its mapping software for free, countering a move by Google, which started giving away its own mapping application on Android devices last year. In June, the companies announced that they would work together on developing high-end smartphones using Linux software.
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Thu Jan 26, 2012 2:39 pm | By
Nokia's recent loss in profits highlights the company's difficult transition, as it shifts towards Windows phones and gears up for big changes in this year.
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Thu Jan 26, 2012 11:14 am | By
Nokia's Windows Phone-powered Lumia 900 will sell for $100 when it launches at AT&T later this year, according to reports, in a move that will raise the profiles of the maker and the OS.
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Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:30 am | By
Nokia shipped more than one million Lumia handsets last year, analysts estimate, signaling early success for the company's critical Microsoft partnership.
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Thu Jan 12, 2012 1:02 pm | By
Analysts predict a surge of sales for the Windows Phone platform, as Nokia and Microsoft head into the smartphone market in 2012 with updated hardware and plans for heavy promotion.
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