
Finding Maemo
By David Meyer
Published: 24 June 2009 08:28 GMT
Intel and Nokia have announced a long-term relationship that will see the development of Intel-powered, Linux-based, handheld mobile computing devices.
The deal between the chipmaker and handset manufacturer was announced on Tuesday. Intel and Nokia will collaborate on several open source mobile Linux software projects and Intel will license HSPA/3G modem intellectual property from Nokia, the companies said.
Anand Chandrasekher, the general manager of Intel's Ultra Mobility Group, said in a statement: "This Intel and Nokia collaboration unites and focuses many of the brightest computing and communications minds in the world, and will ultimately deliver open and standards-based technologies, which history shows drive rapid innovation, adoption and consumer choice."
Intel and Nokia will co-operate on developing common technologies for Intel's Moblin and Nokia's Maemo Linux-based operating systems. Moblin is currently under development for use in netbooks, mobile internet devices (MIDs) and other devices, and Maemo is the operating system that Nokia has used for its N800-series MIDs.
In September last year, Nokia said the next version of Maemo would incorporate 3G technology for the first time - until now, devices such as the N810 have relied on wi-fi for their data connectivity.
The companies said in the statement: "Enabling common technologies across the Moblin and Maemo software environments will help foster the development of compatible applications for these devices - building on the huge number of off-the-shelf PC compatible applications.
"The open source projects will be governed using the best practices of the open source development model."
The companies also said they will use open source technologies from Mozilla, oFono, ConnMan, X.Org, BlueZ, D-Bus, Tracker, GStreamer and PulseAudio.
Original article: Intel, Nokia to develop mobile Linux devices from ZDNet UK
Java / .Net Software Developers - cool open source projects (City) Java / J2EE / C# / .NET / C++ With the price of celebrity plastic on the rise and ...
Knowledge and Skills Required:The candidate will be educated to degree standard and have seven to ten years of technical experience in software ...
L7 level layer protocols device driver kernel dump HTTP SSL VPN developer SQL C/C++ OOD OOP Exteme RAD software engineer hardware engineer developer ...
Agenda Setters 2009
Welcome to the ninth annual Agenda Setters poll – silicon.com's list of the top 50 most influential individuals in the technology and IT industries, from techies and CIOs to entrepreneurs and business leaders. Find out more in our latest special report.
Managing a growing threat: An Executive's Guide to Web Application Security
5 Sources of Value Through a Telecom Expense Management Initiative
Adopting Server Virtualization for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery with CA Recovery Management and VMware...
Stories from the web...
Copyright © 2008 CBS Interactive Limited. All rights reserved. Top of page
Peter Cochrane Peter Cochrane's Blog: How the telcos could save themselves Doomed network operators could thrive with a bit of innovation
Peter Cochrane Peter Cochrane's Blog: Facebook saves teen from prison Another unexpected impact of social networking