LG to unveil prototype MeeGo devices next month

By on Apr 29, 2011 at 6:50 PM
mobile April 29, 2011

LG’s about to get its MeeGo on. Next month, the Korean phone manufacturer is set to debut a prototype device during the MeeGo Conference in San Francisco from May 23rd to May 25th. Details leaked by MeeGo Experts have revealed that LG has a special session up its sleeves during which it plans to show off “multiple” LG branded devices running the OS created by Intel and Nokia. LG will also discuss its future plans for the platform, including its developments for MeeGo powered tablets, smartphones, and in-car entertainment systems. We wouldn’t be surprised to see this leak pan out, given that Nokia has decided to focus its efforts on Windows Phone devices, and that LG, ZTE, and China Mobile have all recently decided to work towards creating MeeGo smartphones.

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  • http://twitter.com/jaidedfocus LaRon Yancey

    Dare I say 1st!!

  • http://twitter.com/jaidedfocus LaRon Yancey

    And only so far…Finally gonna see some MeeGo action! After the devs art XDA not releasing this on the HD2 I was disappointed. Hopefully we see something now.

  • Yup

    wow…who cares?

  • OBJ_me

    I would love to see MeeGo evolve as a platform and all of these heavy-hitters backing it certainly isn’t a bad thing but for some reason I don’t forsee the brightest future for MeeGo as a platform. It was nice to see a truly open source platform born of collaboration between Intel and Nokia. Its too bad that MeeGo will likely never penetrate the mainstream SmartPhone/Tablet market as a truly open OS would be welcome and is long overdue. Now before you fandroids get your panties in a bunch Android is far from open as far as the consumer is concerned, it comes locked and loaded(with crapware) It is coded, controlled and distributed by one entity, google. A company with an interest in using that platform to sell you ads… Not Apps, music, video, or other content. Anyhow thank god for the XDA devs and others…. Hopefully with these backers MeeGo will have a bit more of a chance…

  • http://schultzter.ca Schultzter

    I thought we were finally rid of Meego. What’s the point of having all these OSes? Who wants to write the same application for iOS, Android, Blackberry 6, Blackberry Tablet, WinPoo, etc.

  • https://me.yahoo.com/a/J7Mg.aBrt_zUZAONR5KHn_om4dCMew--#37f81 indio7777

    Is anyone really excited about this? I’ve seen pictures of the UI…I was curious, but after Nokia dumped it I really couldn’t care less.

  • drew dogg

    LOL my son has an LG Migo. What you little kids know about that?! Old school fool!

  • PAPINYC_is_a_duche

    Oh look – it’s a picture of PAPINYC and Steve Hillshire in the back seat of Steve Hillshire’s mom’s Kia.

  • Anonymous

    make it run android apps

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  • tech_wolf

    Can’t wait to see this OS finally come out. Plans for MeeGo encompasses much more than simply phone/tablet spaces. They are targeting TV, set top boxes, in-vehicle infotainment, netbook, etc. They’re creating a system that companies can take and rebrand. Meaning a company like BMW can take the IVI front end, tweak it to have BMW everywhere and make it look unique, and put it in their cars. Still MeeGo, but not blatantly obvious that it is. You’ll likely use it without actually knowing that you are, much like the way Linux is involved in our everyday lives. Which is fitting, since MeeGo is a Linux distribution.

    Being a linux distribution it’s as simple to write cross-platform applications for MeeGo as it is Ubuntu. There are already projects going to allow Android applications to be able to run on MeeGo. Unfortunately Android is Java reliant, which is bad for anyone who prefers to code in other languages (many don’t like Java). The freedom of development alone is enough of a reason for people to develop for MeeGo over Android. The freedom of the system itself is enough of a reason to prefer it over iOS.MeeGo is controlled by the Linux Foundation since Moblin and Maemo merged, meaning that no single company has control over the direction of the system, unlike any other major mobile platform. Nokia wasn’t investing very much into the software side I hear, so the loss of Nokia isn’t disrupting too much in the process.

    I’m definitely waiting anxiously to see what happens with MeeGo!

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