Nokia and Intel are 'MeeGo'
historic alliance among leading up the fight in the field of mobile operating systems. And Microsoft is launching its mobile anti-iPhonedi TIZIANO Toniutti
Comes Windows 7 Phone Nokia and Intel are 'MeeGo'
At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today is raised on which some veil from blowing out from under a lot of time to see what celassero . And beneath the veils that were re-opened two new important games in the field of mobile technology, mobile phones and smartphones. But the mobile connectivity tout-court, a field in which the new iPad tablet and the horde of incoming punches will very soon.
The first innovation is the result of joint efforts of Nokia and Intel, a strange couple who showed the world its mobile operating system, designed for phones, netbooks, and any other form of mobile connection, including technologies for passenger cars. It's called MeeGo and is a Linux-based OS, obtained from the merger of projects Maemo (Nokia) and Moblin (Intel). The two companies are respectively the first mobile phone manufacturer and the world leader in the field for computer chips, and the beginning of the collaboration dates back to last June.
Meego will be open source, freely modifiable and distributable, and will the support of the Linux Foundation. The first version should be released in the second quarter of 2010, then a short ride. The new competitor of Google Chrome OS and Apple's proprietary systems can count on thousands of applications ready and then comes into play with some confidence. But in reality
MeeGo advances have already seen in the Nokia N900 and some netbooks from Dell, Acer and Asus with Moblin, more or less experimental versions of what will be the new operating system.
The other novelty is the submission of Phone Windows 7, the evolution of Windows Mobile that the intent of Steve Ballmer of Microsoft should give the iPhone a hard time.
Ballmer has shown the world only the new generation of Windows Phone (Phone 7 Series), well-designed smartphone that link right at the end of the market the iPhone. And then propose a very intuitive touch interface and multimedia capabilities and interactive features that can now be considered standard equipment of this type. The network is obviously the backbone of these applications, and integration with the mobile Web is almost total.
"Today, I am proud to present Windows 7 Phone Series the next generation of Windows phone devices," said Steve Ballmer. "In a crowded market of mobile phones with similar formats and they all do the same things, I asked our team to provide a new kind of mobile experience. We believe that Windows 7 Series Phone is a phone that truly represents the dynamism of life of people and their need to be connected with other people. "
In addition, these new" device "will have access to entertainment content and content to Xbox Live Zune music and video. Who calls them a long time "Zune Phone" is not far from good description. Companies Microsoft partners have already started producing new smartphone, which should hit the shelves around Christmas 2010.
