Intel and Nokia announce MeeGo

Intel Corporation and Nokia are merging their popular Moblin and Maemo software platforms to create a unified Linux-based platform that will run on multiple hardware platforms across a wide range of computing devices. The open software platform, MeeGo, will accelerate industry innovation and time-to-market for a wealth of new Internet-based applications and services and exciting user experiences.

“This announcement strengthens the Nokia and Intel relationship, and builds on the companies' broad strategic collaboration announced in June 2009. Intel and Nokia now invite participation in MeeGo from existing Maemo and Moblin global communities and across the communications and computing industries.

"Our vision for seamlessly communicating between computing devices from the home, auto, office or your pocket is taking a big step forward today with the introduction of MeeGo," said Intel President & CEO Paul Otellini. "This is a foundational step in our evolving relationship with Nokia. The merging of these two important assets into an open-source platform is critical toward providing a terrific experience across a variety of devices and gaining cross-industry support."

MeeGo blends the best of Maemo with the best of Moblin to create an open platform for multiple processor architectures. MeeGo builds on the capabilities of the Moblin core OS and its support for a wide range of device types and reference user experiences, combined with the momentum of Maemo in the mobile industry and the broadly adopted Qt application and UI framework for software developers. It also unites the robust worldwide Maemo and Moblin applications ecosystems and open- source communities.