Finland's Nokia Corp. (NOK) and U.S.-based Intel Corp. (INTC) said Tuesday they are launching a mobile operating system which can run on a number of electronic devices including smartphones, laptops and TV sets and help these integrate seamlessly.
The Linux-based platform, called MeeGo, will be openly available to developers from the second quarter of this year, the companies said. The operating system has been built by merging Nokia's Maemo and Intel's Moblin platforms, they added.
In an interview, Nokia's executive vice president devices, Kai Oistamo, told Dow Jones Newswires MeeGo's multi-platform capacity makes it unique, so it isn't "just another mobile operating system."
MeeGo is free to use, but Nokia will make money from the launch because it will encourage sales of other products, like applications, he added.
Intel's Software and Services group manager Renee James said MeeGo allows for a massive expansion of new applications, provided developers find the platform exciting.
Mobile phone maker Nokia and chip maker Intel in June 2009 said they would work together on device and chip architectures, aiming to define a new platform for mobile products beyond existing smartphones and netbook computers.
The rivalry between different operating systems for mobile devices has turned increasingly fierce in recent years. Nokia has relied heavily on its Symbian platform, which it is upgrading this year in order to make it more user-friendly, but it has also announced plans to launch a smaller number of advanced devices based on its Maemo operating system, which is now merging into the MeeGo platform.
Monday, February 15, 2010
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