[Printing-architecture] Nokia is loaning out N950 devkits, I've applied, does anyone else have meego hardware?

Daniel Dressler danieru.dressler at gmail.com
Tue Jun 21 16:51:13 PDT 2011


Yeah reality is not being very kind to linux on the mobile. We might have to
wait until 2012 to celebrate the year of linux on the mobile.

Nokia's switch to windows likely did cause problem for Intel, but publicly
Intel has said that they are still committed. Personally my take is that
Intel has heavy interests in Meego succeeding. With mobiles encroaching on
laptops and Win 8 shipping on ARM Intel wants their chips on mobile devices.
So far the only mobile devices using intel's stuff have been Win7 tablets.
Android works on x86 but ARM system on chips dominate android development.

Nokia may be gone as a long term proponent but they should ship a few
million units of their N9. I also hold out hope that Nokia switches back to
Meego. Their Win7 phones are a ways off and their current options for
smartphones are to ship more symbian or ship another meego after the N9.
Win7 phone isn't exactly doing well either, Samsung's Bada is already
outselling it.

The future will definitely be interesting to see what happens in the mobile
space. I doubt meego will displace Android or iOS with Nokia gone but I
think Meego will be able to carve out a niche.

Daniel

2011/6/21 Hal V. Engel <hvengel at gmail.com>

> **
>
> On Tuesday, June 21, 2011 02:01:18 PM Daniel Dressler wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone,
>
> >
>
> > I noticed today that Nokia is taking applications for N950 devkits. This
>
> > devkit is special because it runs Meego. Meego being a purer linux stack
> vs
>
> > android.
>
> >
>
> > My thoughts being that a hardware meego device would be helpful for CPD
> on
>
> > mobile and I would like to investigate the meego printing stack.
> Personally
>
> > I want to see Meego succeed because it is very similar to linux as we
> know
>
> > on it on the desktop and as such the development environment is very
>
> > similar to what you would use for QT on the desktop.
>
> >
>
> > Nokia is offering these units with the intention of filling the meego app
>
> > store. I have an application that is almost ready to be shipped so I've
>
> > applied for a load unit hopfully that is good enough to get a unit.
>
> >
>
> > I know Intel had dev units of native meego hardware a while ago, did
> anyone
>
> > get one of these? Has anyone had contact with the meego project or
>
> > experience with their printing stack?
>
> >
>
> > Daniel
>
>
> I have had a little contact with Intel's Meego team manager but I do not
> have any technical details. I am under the impression that Intel sort of
> backed away from meego when Nokia went with WinPhone. I do know that Intel
> stopped hiring programmers to work on meego about that time.
>
>
> I would expect that the printing stack at the UI level is the more or less
> stock Qt components but the lower levels of that stack I don't know. I am
> under the impression that the Intel/Nokia deal was that Intel would do all
> of the apps and UI stuff and Nokia would do all of the systems stuff.
>
>
> Hal
>
>
> Hal
>
>
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