Acer Iconia M500 runs MeeGo on an Atom CPU, coming at the end of this year (hands-on video!)

Acer's David Lee just hijacked Intel's netbooks and tablets Computex keynote to unveil a brand new 10-inch tablet: the Iconia M500. It's the first in the company's new M Series and runs MeeGo atop an Atom (Moorestown) processor. Its appearance and dimensions are strikingly similar to the company's Android tablet, the A500, and that similarity extends to the resolution of the screen as well: 1280 x 800. The MeeGo interface is a custom Acer skin offering what was described as a "snackable UI." The point seems to be to offer instant access to the things you care about, and the brief demo we saw featured a set of live widgets organized around an "Acer circle." Mr. Lee, an Assistant Vice President with the company, tells us Acer's new 10-incher will be on sale at (not by, sadly) the end of this year.

MeeGo Conference 2011 sights and sounds

So the MeeGo Conference is winding down here in San Francisco and we have prowled the exhibitor area over the past couple of days to bring you a taste of what's stimulated our eyes and ears at the event so far. We got to play with the Indamixx 2 music tablet -- basically an iiView M1Touch Pine Trail tablet running an audio-optimized build of MeeGoo 1.2 Tablet UX which features a customized kernel for more real-time control and better audio scheduling. It's expected to ship for $700 in "June or July" complete with DAW and DJ apps. Next we came across a MeeGo-based in-vehicle entertainment system that's currently available in cars from Chinese manufacturer Hawtai Motor.More after the break...

MeeGo 1.2 lands for netbooks and tablets, leaves handsets hanging on the telephone

Just because Nokia has done everything short of taping a "Dear John" letter to MeeGo's mirror doesn't mean the OS is dead. In fact, Intel's Linux-based baby just got a refresh to version 1.2. So what's new this go around? Well, primarily it's under the hood stuff, like improved Atom support and bug fixes out the ying yang. New audio and networking stacks have also been added for A2DP streaming and HSPA+ support. The tablet UI that Intel was showing off in February is has arrived, to complement the standard netbook version and the in-car interface. Sadly, the handset edition was left out of this update. Those eager to dip their toes in the MeeGo water can download the latest version at the source link.

IDF BEIJING 2011 - MEEGO GETS A NEW LOOK

Netbooknews had a chance to look at the MeeGo tablets that were on display at the “MeeGo Fair” that took place after the press announcement. The hardware is new and is looking to get branded by an OEM and is based on Oaktrail. Its a 10.1 inch device with a 10mm thickness running the Z670 1.50GHz processor with an 1GB or RAM and an SSD of an unknown size.

NOKIA N900 - MEEGO PHONE WITH BETTER PERFORMANCE

This is a small update video related to CybercomLab last video. On this video they demonstrate the same QML based UI on top of MeeGo with the same functionality as in the previous video, but with better performance. Video after the break...

MEEGO UI RUNNING ON THE NOKIA N900

Cybercom have built a small MeeGo phone UI on top of Media Parallax Desktop and this video demostrates about the UI and making phone call with the phone. The UI runs on N900.

Ixonos showcasing extensive Meego and Android expertise

Ixonos, a world leader in creating wireless technologies, software and solutions for mobile devices and services, showcased inspiring user experience designs on innovative solutions for Android and MeeGo platforms at the Mobile World Congress, held in Barcelona on 14-17 February 2011. Check out the demonstration of an Android-based multi-window solution running on a tablet device as well as on a dual-screen configuration. The video also holds a demonstration of an end-to-end application solution on a MeeGo v1.1. tablet prototype with an Intel Atom processor.Video after the break...

HANDS ON WITH THE INTEL MEEGO TABLET

IntoMobile goes hands-on with the Intel MeeGo tablet. Check out the video preview after the break…

NOKIA ENDING FIRST MEEGO PHONE PROJECT BEFORE ITS LAUNCH

Nokia has ended development of its first smartphone using its new MeeGo operating system before it was ever launched, two industry sources close to the company said. A spokesman for Nokia declined to comment.

Nokia's leaked MeeGo device resembles dual-core ST-Ericsson U8500 reference platform

Yesterday's leaked image of a purported Nokia tablet device seems to have been more informative than we initially believed it to be. An eagle-eyed forum member over on mobile-review has spotted the similarity between it and a reference platform for ST-Ericsson's U8500 system-on-chip. Last we heard, that little powerhouse was running a pair of 1.2GHz ARM Cortex-A9 cores, so excuse us if we find the prospect of it driving Nokia's next flagship a rather exciting one. You can see video of the reference device in question after the break -- it ends on the delicious and unequivocal assertion from the ST-Ericsson rep that Nokia has signed up to deliver the U8500 in an upcoming device. Bear in mind, however, that the video is from November of last year and we still don't know for sure that the Nokia slate above is its MeeGo progenitor or just a prototype. Either way, the U8500 is expected in smartphones at some point in the first half of this year, which kind of fits Nokia's roadmap, no?  Video after the break...

HANDS ON WITH THE MEEGO OS (TABLET)

The guys at Linux Foundation goes hands-on with the MeeGo OS. Check it out after the break....

HTC HD 2 RUNNING MEEGO 1.1 - VIDEO DEMO

Heres a look at MeeGo 1.1 (December 31st daily build)  running on the HTC HD2 with software rendering (which is why it’s *so slow*). As you can see, MeeGo 1.1 is a very early build, and it will likely take another 6 months or more before MeeGo is ready for retail, but it’s fresh, clean, with a distinct style. Video after the break......

HTC HD 2 RUNNING MEEGO 1.1

Here are some pictures of the HTC HD 2 (Windows Mobile device) running Meego 1.1 OS. Pretty nice eh?  Pics & more after the break.......

MEEGO 1.0 ON MANY DEVICES AND SCREEN SIZES

At the Intel Developer Forum in Beijing in April 2010, the new software platform MeeGo was demonstrated on a variety of Internet connected devices from a netbook to Internet TV to smartphone and digital coupon machine with RFID. 

HOW TO INSTALL GOOGLE CHROME (CHROMIUM) ON THE NOKIA N900

The folks at meegoportal has published a guide on how to install Google Chrome (Chromium) browser on the Nokia N900. Head over to this post to download the files and get the instruction on how to install them.

FLASHING THE NOKIA N900 WITH THE MEEGO OS

Nokia and Intel are developing the Meego OS. Here is a first look at flashing the N900 with Meego.

MEEGO FINALLY AVAILABLE FOR THE NOKIA N900....

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. 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.
What are we opening? The MeeGo distribution infrastructure and the operating system base from the Linux kernel to the OS infrastructure up to the middleware layer. The MeeGo architecture is based on a common core across the different usage models, such as netbooks, handheld, in-vehicle, and connected TV. The MeeGo common core includes the various key subsystems including the core operating system libraries, the comms and telephony services, internet and social networking services, visual services, media services, data management, device services, and personal services. More on this will be described on meego.com over the next few days.
The downloaded images will boot from a USB stick or directly flashed on the device from your Linux PC, but since the MeeGo User Experiences for the usage models mentioned previously are not yet included in today’s MeeGo core, these images will boot into terminal.
After Day 1, the rest will follow soon – in the next few days, we will post the next steps leading to the first release of MeeGo in May.

MeeGo Repositories and Images

The available MeeGo repositories now include the operating system base from the Linux kernel to the OS infrastructure up to the middleware layer. The downloadable images available now will boot from a CD or from a USB stick, but since the MeeGo User Experiences for the usage models are not yet included in today’s MeeGo core, these images will boot into terminal.
Download: ARM-based Nokia N900

Git Repositories

The official MeeGo Git repositories are all located on the Gitorious open source Git hosting service at the following location: http://meego.gitorious.org

Check out the guide over at the Maemo Arena