Nokia subsequently signed on with Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system, paving the way for the Nokia Lumia line-up including the Lumia 800 and Lumia 900 and leaving MeeGo well and truly out in the cold.įrom our brief glimpse of MeeGo, we rather liked it. The free, Linux-based OS only appeared on one phone, the N9, before Intel got cold feet and abandoned the platform. MeeGo was developed by Nokia and Intel as a smart phone operating system to rival Android and iOS. The plucky band of MeeGomeisters is headed by the former principal engineer of MeeGo at Nokia, Marc Dillon, leading a team of top MeeGo talent.

The plan is to develop a line of new phones using the MeeGo operating system. A group of former Nokia employees has banded together to resurrect the ill-fated operating system - previously seen only on the doomed Nokia N9 - ready to create new smart phones powered by MeeGo.ĭescribing MeeGo as 'something wonderful - the world's best smart phone product', the ex-Nokia staff have banded together to form new startup Jolla - that's Finnish for 'dinghy', Finnish phoneme fans.

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