Nokia & Intel launch linux-based mobile OS

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: A mobile operating system will be launched by Finland’s Nokia Corp. and U.S.-based Intel Corp which can run on a number of electronic devices including smart phones, laptops and TV sets. The announcement was made by Kai Oistamo, head of devices at Nokia Oyj at the Mobile World Congress at Barcelona.

The Linux-based platform, called MeeGo, will be openly available to developers from the second quarter of this year and it will allow for a massive expansion of new applications, provided developers find the platform exciting.

In June 2009, Nokia and Intel announced that they would work together on device and chip architectures, aiming to define a new platform for mobile products beyond existing smartphones and netbook computers.