FirstGo
Less than two months after opening-up the code, Intel and Nokia's open source OS collaboration - MeeGo - has released version 1.0.
In a blog post, Imad Sousou and Valtteri Halla of the MeeGo technical steering group explained that this release provides a user experience specific to netbooks, and that the handset user experience will be opened-up in June.
"Releases are planned on a six month cadence," they said. "MeeGo v1.1 will be released in October and it will include support for touch-based devices, such as Handsets, Tablets, and In-Vehicle Infotainment systems. The development tree for MeeGo v1.1 is now open and we will start releasing various components in the v1.1 tree, including opening the development of the handset user experience in June."
With all the progress Apple and Google have made in the mobile OS field, not to mention whatever Microsoft, RIM and HP have up their sleeves, the pressure is on MeeGo to deliver something pretty good, pretty soon. Here's what they reckon are the highlights of MeeGo v1.0:
- Visually rich Netbook user experience, building on the latest open source technologies.
- Instant access to your synchronized calendar, tasks, appointments, recently used files and real-time social networking updates through the home screen.
- Aggregation of your social networking content. This allows you to see your social networking activities on one screen, easily interact with your friends, and update your status and site information.
- For a fast and rich Internet experience the MeeGo Netbook user experience integrates Google Chrome or, if you prefer a fully open source browser solution, Google Chromium is also provided. Soon we will be releasing the MeeGo Handset user experience which will use the Fennec Mozilla Browser.
- Easy to use applications for email, calendar and media player.
- Highly optimized for power and performance.
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