Saturday, September 3, 2011

Rumor: Intel to discontinue MeeGo development temporarily - GSMArena.com news


02 September, 2011 

Et tu, Intel? Rumor has it that Intel will be temporarily discontinuing development on MeeGo's development - which coming after Nokia basically put MeeGo in the background as a platform for "long-term market exploration", may well mean the end of the platform.



Intel is, of course, denying such rumors, saying that they are still committed to the Linux-based OS.
MeeGo had high ambitions to power anything from smartphones through car infotainment systems to netbooks. So far, we've seen only one MeeGo smartphone (plus one developer-only phone), but that's about it.
Now the rumor mill is pointing towards Android and Windows Phone as the OSes of choice for Intel's handset platforms (remember Pineview?) and saying that the chip giant will stick to hardware from now on.
Of course, MeeGo is an open source platform and even if Intel throws in the towel, the OS can go on as a community project. But that would mean no dedicated MeeGo hardware - just ports of the OS to various existing products.
We'll see how things go, this may turn out to be nothing but a rumor. Considering how few products have made it to the market, however, MeeGo isn't looking too hot even with continued support from Intel.


Thursday, September 1, 2011

Leaked slide shows Nokia 703 Windows Phone 7 handset - GSMArena.com news


31 August, 2011 
 
So, is this finally it - Nokia's first Windows Phone 7 handset? Could be - it's allegedly from a presentation for a carrier and shows a device very much like the Sea Ray (it showed up on video too).



It's called Nokia 703.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Symbian Anna-running Nokia 500 lands in our office, pictures and video inside



Today we are meeting with Nokia 500 – a small Symbian Anna-based smartphone and the first one in Nokia’s portfolio with a 1GHz processor.
gsmarena 001 Symbian Anna running Nokia 500 lands in our office, pictures and video inside
The 500 fella packs a 3.2-inch nHD capacitive screen, a 5 megapixel camera, decent connectivity package and comes with exchangeable battery covers.