![]() ![]() In the message we asked people involved in the MeeGo development to share their stories. Because there is so little information publicly available about the history of MeeGo, we left a message on our MuroBBS discussion forum in the summer of 2012. On, we have been actively following the development of Nokia’s smartphones, and also the development of the Linux based Maemo and MeeGo operating systems. Eventually, also the the Linux based Meltemi operating system designed for cheaper mobile phones was buried and all available resources have now been focused on to the Windows Phone. Pictures leaked to the internet show an N9 with a QWERTY keyboard, a device which was expected to lift Nokia back to the top of the smartphone market.Īs a result from the partnership with Nokia and Microsoft, and the Windows Phone strategy, MeeGo team was shut down after releasing the N9 and a couple of software updates in little over a year. Nokia has been very quiet about MeeGo’s development. MeeGo team and other Nokians had been hit hard and they had only one clear goal, to finish a product based on MeeGo and to get it in to the shops during the year 2011. In reality, the situation at Nokia and in the MeeGo development had been so disorganized for the last couple of years that publishing a new strategy might actually have been the deciding factor in completing the N9 phone. In his Burning Platform memo, Elop described the problems of Symbian and MeeGo, and the poor state of the company’s competitiveness in comparison to Apple and Google ecosystems. The new strategy included abandoning MeeGo and releasing only one device as a result of the two years of development.Ī week before the release of Nokia’s new strategy, a memo from Stephen Elop to Nokia employees leaked to the Internet. The strategic partnership with Microsoft practically sealed the destiny of Nokia’s involvement with the MeeGo OS, which had been in development together with Intel since the beginning of 2010. ![]() MeeGo became an open source mobile operating system project, which, in the long term, would be used for market research on next generation devices, platforms, and user experiences. Windows Phone operating system was chosen as the new platform for Nokia smartphones. ![]() On February 11th, 2011, Nokia published its new strategy and made a co-operation agreement with Microsoft. ![]()
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