Intel Intel & Nokia Merge Maemo + Moblin to form MeeGo In case you haven't heard, Intel and Nokia are merging their respective Mobile Linux initiatives into a project called MeeGo (an unfortunate name, IMHO, but I guess that's fairly common in the FLOSS world these days) that will be hosted by The Linux Foundation. From CNET:
Google Opening up Symbian - Good or Bad for Linux? That's the question raised by this recent Nokia press release: Espoo, Finland - Nokia today announced it has launched a cash offer to acquire all of the shares of Symbian Limited that Nokia does not already own, at a price of EUR 3.647 per share. The net
maemo Letstalk == FAIL I was quite excited when I found out I had been excepted into the N810 maemo device program. I own an N800 and really like it. Nokia is doing some really interesting things with both the N-series and Open Source, so I was looking forward to being able to get
Apple Where's my Gphone? Google finally made the highly anticipated Gphone related announcement today: Despite all of the very interesting speculation over the last few months, we're not announcing a Gphone. However, we think what we are announcing -- the Open Handset Alliance and Android -- is more significant and ambitious than
Linux Nokia N810 gets official Regular blog readers will know that I really like my Nokia N800. On that note, it's great to see that Nokia just officially announced the N810. The N810 is fairly similar to the N800, but now includes a built in QWERTY keyboard and GPS (which were certainly two
Linux OSCON Executive Briefing II (live blogging, so forgive the grammar and lack of proof reading) Always Better Matt Asay (Alfresco) and Mike Olson (Oracle via SleepyCat) discuss the value of source code. Mike argues that zero cost frictionless distribution is more disruptive than source access. A response from the crowd asked why he doesn&
Linux Feature upgrade release to the Internet Tablet OS 2007 edition With all the iPhone hype, it's easy for other gadgets to fall out of mind. The N800 is still a very cool device, however, and does quite a bit that the iPhone just doesn't do (and never will). Oh, and it's a mostly open
