Meltemi is real â€" Nokia's skunkworks Linux

Release Date 6 Oct, 2011 in Register

 
   

Meltemi is real â€" Nokia's skunkworks Linux

Register - Andrew Orlowski - 6 Oct, 2011
Sources tell us that Nokia is developing a Linux-based replacement for its S40 phones, called Meltemi. The news was leaked, accurately, by the Wall Street Journal last week. Now we can confirm it. ...

Nokia Making Meltemi - An Operating System For Feature Phones ?

3G.co.uk - 6 Oct, 2011
Nokia may have stopped using its own operating systems (Symbian and MeeGo) in its smartphones, but the latest news suggest they are working on a new OS for feature phones. According to the Wall Street Journal Nokia is working on a new operating system ...

Nokia Developing "Meltemi" Operating System for Entry-Level Phones - Reports.

X-bit Labs - Anton Shilov - 6 Oct, 2011
Even though Nokia Corp. decided not to develop its own platform for high-end smartphones and abandoned its MeeGo operating system in favour of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Phone, the company plans to design a brand-new OS aimed ...

Nokia Readies Linux OS For Low-end Smartphones

PC World India - 6 Oct, 2011
Nokia has underlined the importance of low-cost smartphones and now it appears that the company is developing a Linux-based OS for smartphones that will cost less than US$100 without subsidies. The new OS is code-named "Meltemi," and the project is ...

Nokia working on new Linux OS for low end smartphones

The Mobile Indian - Prasoon Kumar - ‎Oct 4, 2011‎
By going for the Windows Phone platform, Nokia has put itself in a difficult spot as far as low end phone segment is concerned. Nokia is coming out with a Linux based operating system ...

Nokia Developing Low-End Linux Platform

eWEEK Europe UK - Matthew Broersma - ‎Oct 4, 2011‎
As Nokia prepares to introduce its first high-end smartphones based on Microsoft's Windows Phone software, the company is also developing a new Linux-based system for low-end handsets, according to a report. The new system is code-named Meltemi, ...

Nokia is building its own OS for low-end smartphones: report

TopNews New Zealand - Avinash Tripathi - ‎Oct 4, 2011‎
Finnish handset maker Nokia is developing its own Linux-based mobile operating system for low-end smartphones, according to the Wall Street Journal. Citing unnamed sources, the paper claimed that executive Vice President Mary McDowell, in-charge of ...

Nokia building its own OS for low-end phones

TweakTown - ‎Oct 3, 2011‎
Nokia's low-end phones account for 47 percent of the company's device-and-services earnings in the second quarter, so it would make sense that they'd design their own OS for the low-end phone market. The OS codenamed "Meltemi" is meant to cement ...

Linux is just good for Nokia business

ITworld.com - Brian Proffitt - ‎Oct 3, 2011‎
October 03, 2011, 10:14 AM â€" Last week's news that Nokia plans to roll out low-end Linux-based smartphones left a lot of people (including me) scratching their heads and wondering what was going on. ...

Nokia readies Linux mobile OS for cheap smartphones

Techworld.com - ‎Oct 3, 2011‎
By Mikael Ricknäs | Published: 10:08, 03 October 2011 Nokia has underlined the importance of low-cost smartphones and now it appears that the company is developing a Linux-based OS for smartphones that will cost less than $100 (£60) without subsidies. ...

Nokia Designing New “Meltemi” OS for Low end Phones?

OnlyGizmos - Rahul Srinivas - ‎Oct 2, 2011‎
After literally abandoning Symbian and the much loved MeeGo in favor of Windows Phone 7, looks like Nokia's bread and butter S40 series might be axed too in the not too distant future. No, we are not in the mood to ...

Nokia to Impose Price Cuts on Smartphones with Linux-based Mobile OS

International Business Times AU - ‎Oct 2, 2011‎
Nokia, the largest cellular phone manufacturer in the world, is developing a Linux-based mobile OS that will power its low-cost smartphones as it bids to sell a billion of such under-$100 device. The Nokia OS project called "Meltemi" and led by ...

Nokia Windows Phone high-end only? “Meltemi” tipped

PopHerald.com - Jean Xiam Sun - ‎Oct 1, 2011‎
New report claims Windows Phone may be for high-end Nokia devices only. Popular phone manufacturer planning to create operating system for entry level phones. Phone manufacturer Nokia may launch a new operating system based on Linux claims Wall Street ...

Nokia developing 'Meltemi' OS for feature phones?

Engadget - Lydia Leavitt - ‎Oct 1, 2011‎
Although Nokia still hopes Windows Phone will round out a "three-horse race" with iOS and Android, it's said to be cooking up an entirely new operating system aimed at lower-end handsets. ...

Nokia Working On Meltemi As Low-End OS â€" Report

Social Barrel - Francis Rey - ‎Oct 1, 2011‎
Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker by volume, is on the works for a low-end, Linux-based operating system (OS) called Meltemi. The Wall Street Journal said that the Finnish phone giant's initiative is in line with the company's ...

Nokia to build Linux-based OS for low-end smartphones

TechBlog (Weblineindia) (blog) - ‎Oct 1, 2011‎
Nokia has highlighted the significance of economical smartphones and now it comes out that Nokia is building a Linux-based operating system for smartphones, which will price below $100 devoid of subsidies. The latest OS is dubbed “Meltemi,” and the ...

Nokia developing new Linux-based OS

Mobot.net (blog) - ‎Sep 30, 2011‎
Admittedly the headline above might be a little misleading. It should perhaps read: Nokia developing new Linux-based OS for low-end phones. But that headline isn't quite as eye-poppingly mental. Anyway, yes, Nokia is said to be beavering away on a new ...

Nokia creates yet another mobile Linux OS

Rethink Wireless - Caroline Gabriel - ‎Sep 30, 2011‎
Like London buses, mobile Linux operating systems travel in threes. Hard on the heels of plans to open source Samsung bada, and the merger of MeeGo and LiMO to form Tizen, Nokia is reported to be developing its own platform, ...

 

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