meego
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The First Jolla Smartphone: Quirky And Android-Friendly
When a band of engineers fled Nokia in 2012 to develop a MeeGo-derived OS called Sailfish, they needed a vehicle to carry the software. And this is it: the first Jolla phone, which is as quirky as the OS it runs.
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Nokia’s Meego-Powered N9 Gets Aussie Pricing
Nokia’s announced the pricing for the amazingly beautiful N9 phone. In light of Nokia’s hook-up with Microsoft, its Meego line is a little stillborn, but if you’re still keen, it’ll be available across all carriers in October (Telstra’s got a pre-registration page here) or outright for $799 for the 16GB model and $979 for the…
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What Will Drive Mobile NFC Take Up? Mobile Payments Or Angry Birds?
At the Sydney N9 press conference today, Nokia confirmed that the N9 would feature an activated NFC chip when it launched in Q3 in Australia, although the phone won’t support mobile NFC payments when that technology launches in Australia. So what can you use NFC for then? Angry Birds with magic.
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MeeGo Impressions: Netbook And Tablet
Today I had my first chance to test drive MeeGo, the Linux variant designs for use on low-power and embedded devices. I had a play with the OS on both netbook and tablet devices, as well as a very quick look at MeeGo on an in-car system. How’s it stacking up against the Androids and…