Jul 09, 2012 jolla folks escape burning platform, revealing new meego smartphone this year. After installing nokia software updater, an update was shown as available for my device, but it is a whopping 936mb. The stated aim is to merge the efforts of intels moblin and nokia s maemo former projects into one new common project that would drive a broad third party application ecosystem. The company will design, develop and sell meego based smartphones, with a team consisting of many former nokia meego maemo engineers, including the brightest minds from the meego maemo community. Jolla folks escape burning platform, revealing new meego. Jussi hurmola, you probably predicted a follow up to your tweet, but was it a surprise to what it all has lead. A group of former nokia employees has formed a company with the goal of bringing to market a smartphone powered by software discarded by. Jolla folks escape burning platform, revealing new meego smartphone this year. The jolla handsets sailfish operating platform is based on meego software, which nokia abandoned in 2011 when it switched over to using microsoft corp.
The translucent software is made by jolla, a company founded by ex nokia employees, and will fight android. Led by former meego principal engineer marc dillon, the team is apparently awash with keen exnokia and meego staff, and its actively recruiting more too. Exnokia staffers join to launch new smartphone software. Moblin and nokias maemo former projects into one new common project that would drive a broad third party application ecosystem. This company consists of some former nokiameegomaemo engineers together with the brilliant minds from the meegomameo community. Former nokia software team unveils first smartphone. A team of exnokia engineers is launching a smartphone based on the former world no. A number of former nokia employees have banded together to.
Jolla was founded by nokias former meego software team that was shut down after the company decided to switch to microsofts windows phone software in 2011. Meego was an awesome software but if it was not for the lack of hardware and also the sudden drop in all support. Meego t01 was first announced at mobile world congress in february 2010 by intel and nokia in a joint press conference. Linuxbased meego has found use in netbooks and car infotainment systems, but so. Jolla was founded by nokias former meego software team that was shut down after the company decided to switch to microsofts windows phone software in. The startup, jolla, will use meego software, created out of a joint venture between nokia and intel in 2010. Primarily targeted at mobile devices and information appliances in the consumer electronics market, meego was designed to act as an operating system for hardware platforms such as netbooks, entrylevel desktops. Snirt writes a group of exnokia staff and meego enthusiasts has formed jolla finnish for dinghy, a mobile startup with the aim of bringing new meego devices to the market. Nokia released just one handset running the software, the n900. Jul 10, 2012 exnokia execs to bring back meego os, launch smartphone. Nov 21, 2012 exnokians fish meego out of bin, launch sailfish os. Finnish startup jolla will use the meego operating system, which nokia developed with intel but abandoned for microsofts windows phone platform. Jul 09, 2012 ex nokia employees giving meego os another go.
An anonymous reader writes taskumuro, a finnish tech news site, has anonymously interviewed various nokia employees and pieced together an interesting timeline of the events which led to the abandonment of the nokia meego platform and to nokias current affiliation with microsoft and windows phone. The team was known as osso open source software operations and. Graduated as msc from tampere university of technology, kurri now produces content and helps in the development of the site through iomedia ltd. Flagship nokia meego n9 phone pics leaked may 3, 2019 august 19, 2010 by ex contributor nokias been working on its new meego platform for a while now, and details about the first device to use it should be coming out any day now, but until then we have to rely on stuff like these photos that were recently leaked. Jul 09, 2012 the startup, jolla, will use meego software, created out of a joint venture between nokia and intel in 2010. The jolla handsets sailfish platform has been developed from the meego operating. He is the chief engineer of nokia s meego mameo since 2006. Exnokia employees at jolla provide first glimpse of new. Exnokia team makes rival smartphone jolla bbc news. The stated aim is to merge the efforts of intels moblin and nokias maemo former projects into one new common project that would drive a broad third party application ecosystem. A team comprised of ex nokia members who worked on the meego based n9 smartphone have launched a new startup company, jolla, that will develop a new mobile os based on meego. This vision comes from belief that education should be available to all and everywhere. Meego os basis for new jolla smartphone mybroadband.
A man holds up the new jolla smartphone from finnish mobile manufacturer jolla in helsinki, wednesday, nov. He is the chief engineer of nokias meegomameo since 2006. According to its linkedin page, jolla consists of directors and core professionals from nokias meego n9 organization, together with some of the best minds working on meego. Jul 08, 2012 ex nokia employees to launch meego smartphone.
The software has been built from the remnants of meego, a. What this all is about, is that exnokians are continuing developing the meego phone, that being the exact meego which nokia abandoned from the way of windows phone. The firm describes its software as meegobased, founded on qt. Intel and nokia took the stage at mwc to announce that they would merge their. Exnokia staff to build meegobased smartphones the verge. The software has been built from the remnants of meego, a project abandoned by nokia in 2011 in. A group of exnokia software developers unveiled its first smartphone, running on the meegobased sailfish os and supporting android applications meego os basis for new jolla smartphone. Aug 19, 2012 back in january, nokia started rolling out the pr 1. Cbtec oy has been established by ex nokia and ex meego employees in february 2012 with a vision is to democratize education with technology.
Snirt writes a group of ex nokia staff and meego enthusiasts has formed jolla finnish for dinghy, a mobile startup with the aim of bringing new meego devices to the market. Meego is a discontinued linux distribution hosted by the linux foundation, using source code from the operating systems moblin produced by intel and maemo produced by nokia. A group of exnokia software developers has unveiled its first smartphone, aiming to prove their former employer wrong by making a success. Meego was killed off by nokia just after launch, but is being picked up by several ex nokia employees through a new. Nokia released just one handset running the software.
May 20, 20 jolla was founded by nokias former meego software team that was shut down after the company decided to switch to microsofts windows phone software in 2011. The firm describes its software as meego based, founded on qt and with a new ui. Nov 27, 20 smartphone from ex nokia engineers a team of ex nokia engineers is launching a smartphone based on the former world no 1 mobile phone makers old software, hoping to grab a share of a highly. Exnokia staff to build meegobased smartphones slashdot. Intel and nokia took the stage at mwc to announce that they would merge their moblin and maemo platforms into one software platform. Nov 27, 20 helsinki a team of exnokia engineers is launching a smartphone based on the former world no. Nokia created something wonderful the worlds best smartphone product. Linuxbased meego has found use in netbooks and car infotainment systems, but so far. May 21, 20 a group of ex nokia software developers has unveiled its first smartphone, aiming to prove their former employer wrong by making a success of a technology dropped by the finnish mobile phone maker. Jolla, an independent company financed by a group of international and domestic private investors, continues nokia s work on meego based smartphones and aims to create its own.
Exnokians fish meego out of bin, launch sailfish os the. A group of ex nokia employees who quit over the companys decision to abandon the planned meego operating system in favour of windows plan to launch their own smartphone next year, their startup. Nokia continues to develop only its venerable series 40 software inhouse. A group of exnokia staff and meego enthusiasts has formed jolla finnish for dinghy, a mobile startup with the aim of bringing new meego. A group of exnokia staff and meego enthusiasts has formed jolla finnish for dinghy, a mobile startup with the aim of bringing new meego devices to the market.
Jolla is more than just a software development house. Meego was an awesome software but if it was not for the lack of hardware and also the sudden drop in all support for it i would have personally got it. Exnokia engineers launch new smartphone yahoo news. Stephen elop born 31 december 1963 is a canadian businessman who most recently worked at australian telecom company telstra from april 2016. Jolla was founded by nokia s former meego software team that was shut down after the company decided to switch to microsofts windows phone software in 2011. Ex nokia team members have produced a new smartphone with an operating system the finnish company. Cbtec oy has been established by exnokia and exmeego employees in february 2012 with a vision is to democratize education with technology.
Exnokia executives to revive meego with new smartphone. Jolla ex nokia staff form a company and build new meego based smartphone os jolla is a new project started by former nokia meego staff and leading community members. Former nokia software team unveils its first smartphone reuters. Exnokia staff building new meego smartphones osnews. The jolla handsets sailfish platform has been developed from the meego operating software, nokia s last opensource platform which it. A company made up of former nokia employees has shown off jolla, a new smartphone with a custom operating system known as sailfish. Meegoresurrected sailfish os looks slick in video demo.
It was praised for both its software and hardware, including the meego operating system, buttonless swipe user interface, and its. Announced in june 2011 and released in september, it was the first and only device from nokia with meego, partly because of the companys alliance with microsoft announced that year. May 21, 20 a group of ex nokia software developers unveiled its first smartphone, running on the meego based sailfish os and supporting android applications meego os basis for new jolla smartphone. We received numerous contacts from former and present nokia. Exnokia team makes rival smartphone pc tech magazine. Engineers who used to work for nokia are hoping to grab a share of the lucrative and highly competitive smartphone market with a new handset, which is based on the former world no. Helsinki a team of exnokia engineers is launching a smartphone based on the former world no. Jul 07, 2012 a group of ex nokia staff and meego enthusiasts has formed jolla finnish for dinghy, a mobile startup with the aim of bringing new meego devices to the market. Meego was killed off by nokia just after launch, but is being picked up by several exnokia employees through a.
Back in january, nokia started rolling out the pr 1. The company, which was founded largely by former nokia employees, says that. Finnish startup jolla announces plans for a new meego smartphone. A startup formed by ex nokia engineers is looking to muscle its way into an already highly competitive and crowded smartphone market with new devices based on the meego operating system that nokia. Exnokia employees launch smartphone meego resurrected.
Exnokians fish meego out of bin, launch sailfish os. Ex nokia employees to make meego phones if youre in love with your nokia n9 but want an upgrade in the meego world, youre going to love this news. The story of nokia meego is written by sampsa kurri, who founded the technologycentered site muropaketti in 1999. Exnokiameego n9 staff launch new jolla startup neowin. Nov 27, 20 ex nokia engineers launch new smartphone update. After interviewing ten former and current nokia employees, and combining their insider information with publicly available information, sampsa kurri has written a long and detailed article about the history of maemo and meego within nokia, and everything that went wrong which is a lot. Meego, the opensource os discarded by intel and nokia, will have a shot at revival this year through finnish startup jolla.
The platform originally called meego was developed by nokia, but dumped in 2011 in favour of the company adopting the windows phone system. Jolla, a new smartphone startup founded by a few ex nokia employees, have announced that they will be producing and selling phones which run on the meego operating system. A team of ex nokia engineers is launching a smartphone based on the former world no. A new startup called jolla aims to resurrect the defunct meego software platform and bring it to market on new handsets. Exnokia staffers team up to revive meego the register. Marc drillon, the past chief operating officer designed the jolla company. How nokia managed to drive its inhouse linux train off the rails. Meego, a joint venture between intel, nokia and samsung, had a short and.
Nokia bridge scheme offers seed capital to employees that the company has made redundant, to help them get their own startups off. This company consists of some former nokia meego maemo engineers together with the brilliant minds from the meego mameo community. Meego resurrected sailfish os looks slick in video demo. Jolla, an independent company financed by a group of international and domestic private investors, continues nokias work on meego based smartphones and aims to create its own. Exnokia team members have produced a new smartphone with an operating system the finnish company. Meego to be reincarnated by exnokia employees techradar. In short, meego arrived a dollar short and a year or two late. The jolla handsets sailfish platform has been developed from the meego operating software, nokias last opensource platform exnokia engineers launch jolla smartphone. Exnokia execs to bring back meego os, launch smartphone. A team of former nokia employees launches jolla, a smartphone looking to. A team comprised of exnokia members who worked on the meegobased n9 smartphone have launched a new startup company, jolla, that will develop a new mobile os based on meego.
Meego software update i cant update my n9 via the phone itself, maybe because it is vodacom sa branded or. A group of exnokia employees who quit over the companys decision to abandon the planned meego operating system in favour of windows plan to launch their own smartphone next year, their startup. Former nokia employees start company to build new meego. Jolla, the finnish startup comprised of exnokians thats building its own meegobased smartphone platform and phone hardware has closed out a. Jollas os doesnt appear to be meego as nokia offered it, however. Jul 09, 2012 ex nokia staffers team up to revive meego. Finnish startup jolla will use the meego operating system, which nokia developed with intel but abandoned for. Exnokia staff have formed a spinout called jolla, snaffled up some investment, and. Jul 12, 2012 a new startup called jolla aims to resurrect the defunct meego software platform and bring it to market on new handsets.
A group of former nokia employees have come together to form jolla in a bid to revive the doomed meego operating system. Nov 27, 20 the platform originally called meego was developed by nokia, but dumped in 2011 in favour of the company adopting the windows phone system. The nokia n9 codename lankku is a smartphone developed by nokia, running on the linuxbased meego harmattan mobile operating system. Jolla company will structured, design, improve and sell the meego smartphones. Meego isnt quite dead, and nokia n9 users are getting another update pushed to their phone to prove it. Smartphone from exnokia engineers a team of exnokia engineers is launching a smartphone based on the former world no 1 mobile phone makers old software, hoping to. Considering that the n9 is the consumer version of the n950, it was only a matter of time before nokia released the update for the former. The translucent software is made by jolla, a company founded by exnokia employees, and will fight android. Jolla exnokia staff form a company and build new meego based smartphone os jolla is a new project started by former nokia meego staff and leading community members. The company will design, develop and sell meegobased smartphones, with a team consisting of many former nokiameegomaemo engineers, including the brightest minds from the meegomaemo community. It seems today that the bb10 is taking that a step further, basically what they did was stole the iphone 5 body i.
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