The Meego Community blog explains in more detail 'The MeeGo architecture is based on a common core across the different usage models, such as netbooks, handheld, in-vehicle, and connected TV. With the combined OS the Meego community has a broader focus-providing a common platform that can be leveraged across a diverse range of devices including televisions, car computer systems, and more. The Nokia Maemo OS was primarily a smartphone operating system, but Intel's Moblin was targeted at Atom-based netbooks. The value of Meego is in providing an open source platform that extends beyond just smartphones. With BlackBerry, iPhone, Android, Windows Phone 7, and WebOS already available in the field-what value can the Linux-based Meego deliver? This is the latest step in the full merger of Maemo and Moblin, and we are happy to open the repositories and move the ongoing development work into the open - as we set out to do from the beginning.'Ĭompetition is fierce already between mobile operating systems, and many would argue that the last thing the industry needs is more players to confuse the market further. The official release of the Meego operating system isn't expected for at least a few months, but the release of key elements will enable developers to begin working with-and developing for-the new platform.Ī post on the Meego Community blog announces 'Today is the culmination of a huge effort by the worldwide Nokia and Intel teams to share the MeeGo operating system code with the open source community. Meego-the mobile operating system merger between Nokia's Maemo and Intel's Moblin-is now available for developers anxious to peek under the hood.

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