MeeGo

Front Page State of Maemo, Q1 2011 from the Community CouncilThe Maemo community's fifth council will soon be stepping down and the sixth (for March - September 2011) will be elected. Tim Samoff, chair of the outgoing Maemo Community Council, has ... [More] started wrapping up the current term whilst summarising the opportunities and challenges facing the Maemo community: "In conclusion, the Council would like to thank you, the Maemo Community, developers, end-users, and Nokia employees alike, for helping to make this a fun ride. Our hope is that the ride isn’t over yet, but it’s up to us to begin to think about providing the fuel. Many exciting developments are still in store for Maemo, so lets not sit back and wait for a supposed end. There are already many dedicated community members who have made the Maemo Community a success. If you’ve never contributed before, think about how you can help: report bugs, edit the wiki, and take part in the Talk forums… Likewise, we’re quickly approaching the next Community Council elections, so please consider your role in Maemo and how you might contribute in a more (or less) “official” role (yes, many of us still think the Council is an integral component to sustaining the Maemo Community). Our community is not ready to die, so be one of the people who provide life to an organism that thrives on personal involvement." The road ahead is likely to be a tough one for users of open mobile devices, as the alternative offerings available in the market to Maemo and MeeGo are limited (or nonexistent). The Nokia announcement, far from obsoleting maemo.org and the Maemo Community, has, perhaps, greatly increased both its current and future importance. A large number of N900 owners, lacking reasonable alternatives, are likely to rely on their existing device for a much longer period of time and maemo.org will need to be there to support them.Read more (maemo.org) Alpha release of Qt for AndroidIn an announcement which may be as important to the future of Qt as the one from Stephen Elop, BogDan Vatra has released a user-, and developer-, friendly (albeit buggy) implementation of Qt for Android: "I had a dream that one day, I'll be able to deploy existing Qt software on any Android platform. I had a dream that one day, all Qt applications will use system wide shared Qt libraries. I had a dream that one day, all Qt applications once compiled and deployed to one android platform, will run on any other newer android platform and will last for years without any recompilation. I had a dream that one day, I'll be able to create, manage, compile"Read more (groups.google.com)Read more (youtube.com) In this edition (Download)...Front PageState of Maemo, Q1 2011 from the Community CouncilAlpha release of Qt for AndroidApplicationsPutting last.fm stats on N900 lock screenDevelopmentHildon UI on MeeGo coreCore MeeGo OBS is now open for anonymous read-accessQt: "superior technology"How to build a "cover flow" widget in QMLCommunityNokia <-> MeeGo community communication threadNokia's Quim Gil doesn't expect maemo.org funding to be immediately affectedCommunity: Proposal for ", a MeeGo R&D project" brandingDevicesHands on with the ExoPC running Intel's MeeGo Tablet UXIn the WildAngry Birds now on MeeGoNokia CTO, Rich Green, talks about the future of MeeGo & QtAnalysis of Nokia's fortunes (or lack thereof) following the ElopocalypseMore insight into Alien Dalvik, allowing Android apps to run on MaemoAnnouncementsQuickFlickr now available for Maemo and N900gPodder bug fixes in latest releaseKhtEditor 0.0.17 now available [Less]

Following our recent story about Aien Dalvik, there have been sightings of the Android run-time environment running on a Nokia N900 at MWC 2011. Thanks to mobile bloggers Julien Fourgeaud and Steve 'Chippy' Paine, there are now independently produced ... [More] videos of product demonstrations and interviews with Myriad's John Ronco. The videos show off how Android applications icons appear alongside native applications in the Maemo 5 app-grid. They also show off the Android Photoshop app running on the N900 and a HTC Desire, with apparently equal performance.The Adobe Photoshop application used as a comparison tool for journalists at MWC was the same as shown in Myriad's demonstration video. It would have been reassuring to see other performance critical applications, such as Angry Birds, demonstrated with Alien Dalvik; Adobe Photoshop could be an optimal case. It would have been better to see a variety of computationally intensive comparisons to highlight how much, or little, of a performance hit Alien Dalvik incurs in everyday use. Both videos feature John Ronco, the product manager of Myriad's Device Solutions department. Here's the video from Julien Fourgeaud's blog post: Below is the video from Steve Paine (of Carrypad.com). In the latter half, Paine questions Ronco about hardware support. Despite a slightly confusing answer, it is confirmed that Alien Dalvik will support whatever hardware is present on the device. Also, note that Ronco states Alien Dalvik is written on a per device basis.  Given Nokia's parternetship with Microsoft, there is an uncertain time ahead in the MeeGo world, especially for companies who have been aiming themselves squarely at the MeeGo platform. Especially when we know Nokia will be releasing no more than one device this year, rather than a whole generation of MeeGo devices. However, seeing that Android is now expanding into the tablet space, and Intel are trying to produce a MeeGo tablet we may still see a place for products like Alien Dalvik.    David Gilson for All About MeeGo, 18th February 2011. [Less]

I’ve been thinking a lot about this decision to use WP7 from Nokia, as I’m sure many people have, but I’ve wanted to wait for the dust to settle down before blogging, so here’s what I think; it doesn’t make any sense from any point of view. ... [More] Technically, there is nothing that can compare to the linux kernel, which works on everything; supercomputers, mobile phones, TVs, routers, web servers, desktops, refrigerators, etc. Not only does it work, but it works well, much better than everything else. As an example, the work that has been done to scale linux’s vfs to many processors (64) does benefit embedded, because some operations are more granular. Or the work on power management lead by embedded helps web servers, where decreasing power consumption is also very much wanted. This creates a environment of synergy never seen before, where even competitors work together. Linux won the kernel race, and it’s use would only increase; the ones that try to fight against it would only fail miserably. Sinking WP7 is only the last iteration in Microsoft’s attempts to come up with something that has any market in the mobile arena; all the previous attempts have failed. What makes anyone think that this time it would work? And how many companies have successfully partnered with Microsoft? There’s no reason to think that WP7 has any future. If you look at the list of mobile phones running WP7, you would see that it’s very small, and you would also see that there’s only one hardware platform supported: Snapdragon. To make WP7 work on a wide variety of platforms, even Intel, on a relatively short amount of time, is simply impossible. It can only be done with linux. And why would phone manufacturers, such as Samsung, find this platform appealing? Before, it was marginal, and now it’s hijacked by Nokia with the “exclusive deal” with Microsoft. Phone manufacturers should know by now how difficult is to work with Microsoft and it’s technologies, and how exhausting must be to try to differentiate. As Nokia colleague puts it: “Where is Nokia’s brand in ‘Windows Phone’”. It’s a sinking platform, and most likely others would jump away from it soon. But Nokia is now stuck to the death. Thanks to Stephen Elop, there’s no plan b. Balance Android is not perfect, manufacturers are finding it increasingly difficult to differentiate, but Google has the last word. Now, Android is the #1 platform, and the market share would surely keep increasing if nothing drastic happens. That’s not good. Other phone manufacturers have to look into alternatives to Android, if only to increase competition and thus make Android continually improve itself, and not left unchecked. So what are the options? WP7, MeeGo, or a new platform from scratch. I already listed some of the disadvantages of WP7, and starting a new platform from scratch never looks too appealing, so, ironically, MeeGo might seem now a viable option. It wasn’t previously, because the fight for balance was against Nokia, now it’s against Android. Intel is going to continue to work on MeeGo, and there’s already many other companies and people working actively on it; that’s not changing. Moreover, Nokia will continue working on it, in fact, nothing changes before the first MeeGo product is released. So MeeGo is still pretty much alive. What if What if other phone manufacturers join MeeGo, and continue without Nokia? What if Nokia’s first MeeGo product becomes a bomb (as is the plan)? What if WP7 fails? It’s hard to guess the future, but I’ve had good luck in my previous guesses, so here’s my foretale; Windows Phone 7 is going to be significantly delayed, and then fail, badly. But that would be too late for Nokia to do anything else; all the confidence in the company would be lost, from consumers, share holders, developers, parters, etc. Elop would probably blame it on Nokia’s execution, some managers would get fired, and Microsoft would buy Nokia for cheap. That’s a lot of guessing, but what is clear is that linux will dominate the market one way or the other. Personally I’m still committed to Nokia’s first MeeGo product, which I firmly believe is going to be remarkable in many aspects. After that nothing is clear, but unless Elop and the Board of Directors gets fired, I’d say the future of MeeGo in Nokia is very dim, as well as the future of Nokia itself. Update: Motorola is confirming my thoughts so far; can’t ‘envision’ using WP7, and hopes for more competing platforms. Note: Everything written here is my personal opinion and has nothing to do with my employer. Also, I have not used any internal information to form my opinions; everything is available publicly. [Less]

I’ve been thinking a lot about this decision to use WP7 from Nokia, as I’m sure many people have, but I’ve wanted to wait for the dust to settle down before blogging, so here’s what I think; it doesn’t make any sense from any point of view. ... [More] Technically, there is nothing that can compare to the linux kernel, which works on everything; supercomputers, mobile phones, TVs, routers, web servers, desktops, refrigerators, etc. Not only does it work, but it works well, much better than everything else. As an example, the work that has been done to scale linux’s vfs to many processors (64) does benefit embedded, because some operations are more granular. Or the work on power management lead by embedded helps web servers, where decreasing power consumption is also very much wanted. This creates a environment of synergy never seen before, where even competitors work together. Linux won the kernel race, and its use would only increase; the ones that try to fight against it would only fail miserably. Sinking WP7 is only the last iteration in Microsoft’s attempts to come up with something that has any market in the mobile arena; all the previous attempts have failed. What makes anyone think that this time it would work? And how many companies have successfully partnered with Microsoft? There’s no reason to think that WP7 has any future. If you look at the list of mobile phones running WP7, you would see that it’s very small, and you would also see that there’s only one hardware platform supported: Snapdragon. To make WP7 work on a wide variety of platforms, even Intel, on a relatively short amount of time, is simply impossible. It can only be done with linux. And why would phone manufacturers, such as Samsung, find this platform appealing? Before, it was marginal, and now it’s hijacked by Nokia with the “exclusive deal” with Microsoft. Phone manufacturers should know by now how difficult is to work with Microsoft and its technologies, and how exhausting must be to try to differentiate. As Nokia colleague puts it: “Where is Nokia’s brand in ‘Windows Phone’”. It’s a sinking platform, and most likely others would jump away from it soon. But Nokia is now stuck to the death. Thanks to Stephen Elop, there’s no plan b. Balance Android is not perfect, manufacturers are finding it increasingly difficult to differentiate, but Google has the last word. Now, Android is the #1 platform, and the market share would surely keep increasing if nothing drastic happens. That’s not good. Other phone manufacturers have to look into alternatives to Android, if only to increase competition and thus make Android continually improve itself, and not left unchecked. So what are the options? WP7, MeeGo, or a new platform from scratch. I already listed some of the disadvantages of WP7, and starting a new platform from scratch never looks too appealing, so, ironically, MeeGo might seem now a viable option. It wasn’t previously, because the fight for balance was against Nokia, now it’s against Android. Intel is going to continue to work on MeeGo, and there’s already many other companies and people working actively on it; that’s not changing. Moreover, Nokia will continue working on it, in fact, nothing changes before the first MeeGo product is released. So MeeGo is still pretty much alive. What if What if other phone manufacturers join MeeGo, and continue without Nokia? What if Nokia’s first MeeGo product becomes a bomb (as is the plan)? What if WP7 fails? It’s hard to guess the future, but I’ve had good luck in my previous guesses, so here’s my foretale; Windows Phone 7 is going to be significantly delayed, and then fail, badly. But that would be too late for Nokia to do anything else; all the confidence in the company would be lost, from consumers, share holders, developers, parters, etc. Elop would probably blame it on Nokia’s execution, some managers would get fired, and Microsoft would buy Nokia for cheap. That’s a lot of guessing, but what is clear is that linux will dominate the market one way or the other. Personally I’m still committed to Nokia’s first MeeGo product, which I firmly believe is going to be remarkable in many aspects. After that nothing is clear, but unless Elop and the Board of Directors gets fired, I’d say the future of MeeGo in Nokia is very dim, as well as the future of Nokia itself. Update: Motorola is confirming my thoughts so far; can’t ‘envision’ using WP7, and hopes for more competing platforms. Update: Intel is officially looking for phone manufacturers as partners, Note: Everything written here is my personal opinion and has nothing to do with my employer. Also, I have not used any internal information to form my opinions; everything is available publicly. [Less]

I’ve been thinking a lot about this decision to use WP7 from Nokia, as I’m sure many people have, but I’ve wanted to wait for the dust to settle down before blogging, so here’s what I think; it doesn’t make any sense from any point of view. ... [More] Technically, there is nothing that can compare to the linux kernel, which works on everything; supercomputers, mobile phones, TVs, routers, web servers, desktops, refrigerators, etc. Not only does it work, but it works well, much better than everything else. As an example, the work that has been done to scale linux’s vfs to many processors (64) does benefit embedded, because some operations are more granular. Or the work on power management lead by embedded helps web servers, where decreasing power consumption is also very much wanted. This creates a environment of synergy never seen before, where even competitors work together. Linux won the kernel race, and it’s use would only increase; the ones that try to fight against it would only fail miserably. Sinking WP7 is only the last iteration in Microsoft’s attempts to come up with something that has any market in the mobile arena; all the previous attempts have failed. What makes anyone think that this time it would work? And how many companies have successfully partnered with Microsoft? There’s no reason to think that WP7 has any future. If you look at the list of mobile phones running WP7, you would see that it’s very small, and you would also see that there’s only one hardware platform supported: Snapdragon. To make WP7 work on a wide variety of platforms, even Intel, on a relatively short amount of time, is simply impossible. It can only be done with linux. And why would phone manufacturers, such as Samsung, find this platform appealing? Before, it was marginal, and now it’s hijacked by Nokia with the “exclusive deal” with Microsoft. Phone manufacturers should know by now how difficult is to work with Microsoft and it’s technologies, and how exhausting must be to try to differentiate. As Nokia colleague puts it: “Where is Nokia’s brand in ‘Windows Phone’”. It’s a sinking platform, and most likely others would jump away from it soon. But Nokia is now stuck to the death. Thanks to Stephen Elop, there’s no plan b. Balance Android is not perfect, manufacturers are finding it increasingly difficult to differentiate, but Google has the last word. Now, Android is the #1 platform, and the market share would surely keep increasing if nothing drastic happens. That’s not good. Other phone manufacturers have to look into alternatives to Android, if only to increase competition and thus make Android continually improve itself, and not left unchecked. So what are the options? WP7, MeeGo, or a new platform from scratch. I already listed some of the disadvantages of WP7, and starting a new platform from scratch never looks too appealing, so, ironically, MeeGo might seem now a viable option. It wasn’t previously, because the fight for balance was against Nokia, now it’s against Android. Intel is going to continue to work on MeeGo, and there’s already many other companies and people working actively on it; that’s not changing. Moreover, Nokia will continue working on it, in fact, nothing changes before the first MeeGo product is released. So MeeGo is still pretty much alive. What if What if other phone manufacturers join MeeGo, and continue without Nokia? What if Nokia’s first MeeGo product becomes a bomb (as is the plan)? What if WP7 fails? It’s hard to guess the future, but I’ve had good luck in my previous guesses, so here’s my foretale; Windows Phone 7 is going to be significantly delayed, and then fail, badly. But that would be too late for Nokia to do anything else; all the confidence in the company would be lost, from consumers, share holders, developers, parters, etc. Elop would probably blame it on Nokia’s execution, some managers would get fired, and Microsoft would buy Nokia for cheap. That’s a lot of guessing, but what is clear is that linux will dominate the market one way or the other. Personally I’m still committed to Nokia’s first MeeGo product, which I firmly believe is going to be remarkable in many aspects. After that nothing is clear, but unless Elop and the Board of Directors gets fired, I’d say the future of MeeGo in Nokia is very dim, as well as the future of Nokia itself. Note: Everything written here is my personal opinion and has nothing to do with my employer. Also, I have not used any internal information to form my opinions; everything is available publicly. [Less]

I’ve been thinking a lot about this decision to use WP7 from Nokia, as I’m sure many people have, but I’ve wanted to wait for the dust to settle down before blogging, so here’s what I think; it doesn’t make any sense from any point of view. ... [More] Technically, there is nothing that can compare to the linux kernel, which works on everything; supercomputers, mobile phones, TVs, routers, web servers, desktops, refrigerators, etc. Not only does it work, but it works well, much better than everything else. As an example, the work that has been done to scale linux’s vfs to many processors (64) does benefit embedded, because some operations are more granular. Or the work on power management lead by embedded helps web servers, where decreasing power consumption is also very much wanted. This creates a environment of synergy never seen before, where even competitors work together. Linux won the kernel race, and its use would only increase; the ones that try to fight against it would only fail miserably. Sinking WP7 is only the last iteration in Microsoft’s attempts to come up with something that has any market in the mobile arena; all the previous attempts have failed. What makes anyone think that this time it would work? And how many companies have successfully partnered with Microsoft? There’s no reason to think that WP7 has any future. If you look at the list of mobile phones running WP7, you would see that it’s very small, and you would also see that there’s only one hardware platform supported: Snapdragon. To make WP7 work on a wide variety of platforms, even Intel, on a relatively short amount of time, is simply impossible. It can only be done with linux. And why would phone manufacturers, such as Samsung, find this platform appealing? Before, it was marginal, and now it’s hijacked by Nokia with the “exclusive deal” with Microsoft. Phone manufacturers should know by now how difficult is to work with Microsoft and its technologies, and how exhausting must be to try to differentiate. As Nokia colleague puts it: “Where is Nokia’s brand in ‘Windows Phone’”. It’s a sinking platform, and most likely others would jump away from it soon. But Nokia is now stuck to the death. Thanks to Stephen Elop, there’s no plan b. Balance Android is not perfect, manufacturers are finding it increasingly difficult to differentiate, but Google has the last word. Now, Android is the #1 platform, and the market share would surely keep increasing if nothing drastic happens. That’s not good. Other phone manufacturers have to look into alternatives to Android, if only to increase competition and thus make Android continually improve itself, and not left unchecked. So what are the options? WP7, MeeGo, or a new platform from scratch. I already listed some of the disadvantages of WP7, and starting a new platform from scratch never looks too appealing, so, ironically, MeeGo might seem now a viable option. It wasn’t previously, because the fight for balance was against Nokia, now it’s against Android. Intel is going to continue to work on MeeGo, and there’s already many other companies and people working actively on it; that’s not changing. Moreover, Nokia will continue working on it, in fact, nothing changes before the first MeeGo product is released. So MeeGo is still pretty much alive. What if What if other phone manufacturers join MeeGo, and continue without Nokia? What if Nokia’s first MeeGo product becomes a bomb (as is the plan)? What if WP7 fails? It’s hard to guess the future, but I’ve had good luck in my previous guesses, so here’s my foretale; Windows Phone 7 is going to be significantly delayed, and then fail, badly. But that would be too late for Nokia to do anything else; all the confidence in the company would be lost, from consumers, share holders, developers, parters, etc. Elop would probably blame it on Nokia’s execution, some managers would get fired, and Microsoft would buy Nokia for cheap. That’s a lot of guessing, but what is clear is that linux will dominate the market one way or the other. Personally I’m still committed to Nokia’s first MeeGo product, which I firmly believe is going to be remarkable in many aspects. After that nothing is clear, but unless Elop and the Board of Directors gets fired, I’d say the future of MeeGo in Nokia is very dim, as well as the future of Nokia itself. Update: Motorola is confirming my thoughts so far; can’t ‘envision’ using WP7, and hopes for more competing platforms. Note: Everything written here is my personal opinion and has nothing to do with my employer. Also, I have not used any internal information to form my opinions; everything is available publicly. [Less]

Intel is currently offering several incentives for developers to create MeeGo apps. The prizes look very interesting. How does a trip to South Pole sound? How about flying former military jets at supersonic speeds? If you’re not into that ... [More] , you can opt for cash. The first 100 submitted quality apps also get $500 and the [...]Continue reading Intel Giving Away Lots of Cash, Trip to Antarctica, Jet Flight & More for MeeGo Developers at The Nokia Blog [Less]

... and I don't think everybody liked it. I was thinking about what Nokia had decided and thought to myslef: ok, that's their way, I don't like it but respect it. They're making money in this business, I don't. But... Was Ubuntu or Fedora or Slack ... [More] built with any particular device in mind? I don't think so. I guess there was a generic platform spec like x86, some more or less generic life support spec for extensions, cards, NICs etc. and a bunch of holy developers that just took it and built it. So... In my opinion there is no time & place for desperation. Instead, there is an urge to take the market snapshot and see where there is a space for MeeGo to be competitive vs. Android or WP7. I say, software is a soft thing that should accomodate for the hard thing. Of course it is much easier when you got device vendor designing hardware for your soft platform, but until device conform a range of technical specification, your software can accomodate. And this is the future for MeeGo project - to let users have a 3rd option in mobile arena, just the same way Linux gave option to Windows users ages ago. So... my fellow developers, don't despair look at the new opportunities, please. That was me, a humble mobile device user ;) [Less]

Front Page Nokia make Windows Phone their strategic smartphone OSThe news has been everywhere, including the BBC television bulletins: Nokia are abadonning hopes of owning the entirety of their stack and the board - led by CEO Stephen Elop - has ... [More] decided to partner with Microsoft. The main reasons cited are Nokia's lack of ability to deliver a next generation mobile OS, and an ecosystem to go with it. Elop's conclusion is to go back to his old employer and use their OS, platform and ecosystem: "Nokia will adopt Windows Phone as its primary smartphone strategy, innovating on top of the platform in areas such as imaging, where Nokia is a market leader. Nokia will help drive and define the future of Windows Phone. Nokia will contribute its expertise on hardware design, language support, and help bring Windows Phone to a larger range of price points, market segments and geographies. Microsoft development tools will be used to create applications to run on Nokia Windows Phones, allowing developers to easily leverage the ecosystem’s global reach." Reaction has not been positive. Some elements of the US technical press are enthusiastic, but Nokia shares were down 15% following the news and the reaction from developers has been swift and visceral. Nokia finally had a good developer story: Symbian at the mid-range, MeeGo at the high-end with Qt and QML as the common development platform; and were delivering some cutting edge and exciting developer tools (such as the new Qt Creator with QML support). It is sad to see that MeeGo hasn't been given a chance, and one wonders how things might have been different were Nokia to push MeeGo forward hard, and release a couple of astounding devices this year. Having said that, it's easy to see what each side gets:* Nokia don't join an existing ecosystem with established players and commodity hardware. However, they do leap frog the development of their own OS and get one ready made whilst also reducing costs.* Microsoft get an experienced, big name hardware vendor on side for a platform which is otherwise quite niche. They get global supply chain and logistics, as well as access to some services.Your editor, along with many others, was looking forward to an updated N900, running an evolution of Maemo 5 with a shinier user interface; better battery life and slightly less bulk. Looking around the mobile landscape, there's no obvious alternative at the moment, with HP's webOS series of devices looking most likely. It's sad to think that the N900 might have been a "Concorde moment"; and Nokia's MeeGo device will be treated similarly to the 770 five years ago, but without the future promise of OS 2005. Unless there's a change in Nokia's leadership (or at least Nokia's leadership's mind), the MeeGo device from Nokia will be stillborn.There are, of course, many others involved in MeeGo, and so MeeGo itself may see some traction, especially in tablet computers. However, getting another major consumer electronics manufacturer to make MeeGo a core plank of its strategy - when they see that one of MeeGo's cofounders won't - will be hard work.But there is a possible benefit to existing N900 users. With no clear successor device, some people will keep theirs for a bit longer, others - who may have been waiting for the Harmattan device - may now buy one. This means the Community SSU can have more users, more developers and more polish. Already we've seen patches which fix hildon-desktop's CPU eating bug; make Modest work better offline; make Modest more conformant to standards; an improved TV-out control panel plugin; an improved notification LED control panel plugin and so on. Many of these also widen the system's support of portrait usage.We also already have improved development tools with the Qt SDK. Although there may not be a compelling new device, we have a reinvigorated platform. Maybe that's enough. Read more (conversations.nokia.com) Intel and Linux Foundation react with surprise and disappointment, but still have hopes for MeeGoNokia's decision came as much as a surprise to their MeeGo partners as it did to the rest of us. In separate announcements, both Intel and Jim Zemlin (Executive Director of the Linux Foundation) claim that although they're disappointed with Nokia's decision, MeeGo continues for them. Respectively: "Although Nokia has been an important partner to Intel and MeeGo and we are disappointed by this decision, it’s important to know that this is by no means the end of MeeGo or the end to Intel’s commitment and the continued progress MeeGo has made and is making to the multi-device ecosystem.""The Linux Foundation is disappointed in Nokia's decision today to choose Microsoft as the primary platform for its mobile phones. Tough times give birth to difficult decisions that we don't always agree with, but open source is -- at its core -- about choice. We believe that open source software is more than a sum of its parts, and the market is currently bearing that out." There is no word yet as to the effect on MeeGo's marketing budget, with the MeeGo Conference in San Francisco in May approaching quickly.Read more (blogs.intel.com)Read more (linuxpromagazine.com) MeeGo tablets and smartphones at Mobile World Congress?There's not much to say about a photo of Intel's MeeGo stand at next week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona; however there are rumours we'll see some real devices (rather than reference designs); and this photo shows a handset (in an LG style?) as well as a full featured tablet.Read more (picasaweb.google.com) In this edition (Download)...Front PageNokia make Windows Phone their strategic smartphone OSIntel and Linux Foundation react with surprise and disappointment, but still have hopes for MeeGoMeeGo tablets and smartphones at Mobile World Congress?DevelopmentQt Creator tips for producing autobuilder source packages and skipping packaging for fast testingMaps & navigation in Qt on N900 using snapshotsWork to get cell broadcast messages working on N900Qt's futureCommunityQuim Gil thoughtsWhat now for MeeGo? Some proposalsDevicesIntel unveil MeeGo 1.2's Tablet UXIn the WildMyriad Alien Dalvik allows Android apps on MaemoCEO of Nokia lays out the problems in internal memoDevelopers already start abadonning QtAnnouncementsMosquitto for MQ Telemetry Transport publish/subscribe for Maemo 4 & 5SMSBomb for sending a specified number of SMS messages to a numberTwimGo 2.7 updated with bug fixes and new dark theme [Less]