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No MeeGo Update for Nokia N900
By Mike Browne on May 26,
 2010 at 00:00,

No-meego-on-nokia-n900The Nokia N900 will not be getting an official MeeGo OS update Nokia has confirmed. As and when MeeGo the platform has finalised it will not be made available as an official upgrade to the Nokia N900, ending months of speculation. Read on to find out more about the Nokia N900 not receiving a MeeGo update.

The Nokia N900 has received its Nokia N900 firmware version PR1.2 (V10.2010.19-1) update and as part of its rollout Nokia has confirmed that while it plans to continue offering updates and full support for Maemo 5 with the Nokia N900, it will not be making an official MeeGo update for the device.

MeeGo is an Open Source operating system, and is a combination of Maemo and Moblin. In Maemo, Nokia had one of the most versatile operating systems we’ve seen so far on a smartphone, and it has proved to be one of the Nokia N900’s best features.

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As the official statement over at Nokia Conversations, Nokia's official blog, put it; 'about ensuring that you have the best possible experience designed for the features on your Nokia N900 device.' It seems the Nokia N900 is being used to help develop the platform for smartphones and tablets but it won't be a launch device.

While this may disappoint Nokia N900 owners, it does mean that Nokia must be working on a host of new devices specifically tailored to make the most of the MeeGo platform, most likely with capacitive screen, a faster processor and oodles of memory.

What would you like to see from the first MeeGo device? Let us know what you'd like to see, in the Comments below.

Via: Nokia Conversations

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  • Tony

    Nokia are shooting themselves in the foot with this decision. They are going to alienate a LOT of N900 users who make up the core of the operating system because, as we all know, an open source project is only as good as it’s users.

    MeeGo may be fantastic but there are going to be a lot of jaded souls who won’t touch it with a 10 foot pole now that Nokia have shafted them and that is going to make for a lot of virtual tumbleweed.