#meego — Public Fediverse posts

The #SailfishOS operating system evolved from Nokia's #Maemo (used in Nokia N770, N800 and N900) and Nokia/Intel #Meego (used in Nokia N9). So, its roots reach back to the #Nokia N770 internet tablet released in 2005.

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[Перевод] 14 лет на вершине: как Nokia потеряла рынок телефонов

В 2005 году Nokia продала свой миллиардный мобильный телефон – недорогой аппарат, доставшийся покупателю из Нигерии. К тому моменту компания из финского города Эспоо выпускала каждый третий сотовый телефон в мире. Но всего девять лет спустя производитель избавился от всего своего телефонного подразделения, продав его Microsoft за бесценок – если сравнивать со стоимостью на пике. Ниже – история Nokia за 14 лет, с 1998 по 2012 год, когда она была крупнейшим в мире производителем телефонов. О том, как её аппараты определяли свою эпоху, как технологии меняли представления о том, чем может быть телефон и что он умеет, и как удача в телефонном бизнесе в итоге отвернулась от компании.

https://habr.com/ru/companies/cloud4y/articles/1059528/

#Nokia #история_Nokia #кнопочные_телефоны #feature_phone #Nokia_3310 #Nokia_1100 #iPhone #Android #Symbian #MeeGo

MeeGo is still not dead!

https://techhub.social/@jolla/116874118325096058

@jolla

#jolla #sailfishos #meego

#Jolla Trying Again To Develop A New #SailfishOS #Linux #Smartphone
Finnish company Jolla started out 14 years ago where Nokia left off with #MeeGo and developed Sailfish OS as a smartphone platform. Sailfish supported a number of Sony Xperia and a variety of OnePlus / Samsung / Google / Xiaomi devices and more maintained by community. Last year Jolla also announced an "AI computer" as part of the AI hardware craze. They are trying again at their own in-house smartphone.
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Jolla-Phone-2025

@gtronix also. ♥️ #maemo #meego #sailfishos ♥️ if they ever make a qwerty version then i wouldn't even be able to help myself.

@ipg Thinking about the design lineage of the Lumia 800, I guess it makes sense: the body is basically the #Nokia #N9 - which was all screen - so put the overlay on and keep the screen the same.

#WindowsPhone #Maemo #MeeGo

MeeGo redefining the Linux desktop landscape

https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/3Qj3hiCMBcyzru9Ym2oRue

Geekiest nostalgia dream ever, playing with the #nokia #N9 and #N900. Damn I miss those.
#maemo #meego

@fasnix @jele @hjes
Ich denke, dass es nicht so sehr an den Händlern liegt.

Das #Nokia #N9 mit linux-basiertem #Meego-Betriebssystem gab es damals auch bei Saturn und Mediamarkt, obwohl Nokia es offiziell gar nicht in Deutschland vertrieben hat.

Die Probleme beginnen vorher.

A bit of #computinghistory : part 3 of "20 years of Linux on the desktop".

When mobile started to disrupt desktop computing…

https://ploum.net/2025-03-08-linux_desktop3.html

#linux #maemo #ubuntu #debian #gnome #meego

@coffeebean
#SailfishOS basiert z. T. auf #Meego, dem Linux-basierten OS, das #Nokia entwickelte als sie von #Microsoft übernommen wurden, d. h. es ist kein #Android . Dennoch gibt es die Möglichkeit Android-Apps auszuführen.

Von #Jolla , dem Hersteller aus werden da leider nicht so viele Geräte unterstützt (https://docs.sailfishos.org/Support/Supported_Devices/). Es gibt zwar community ports für sehr viel mehr (https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/community-hardware-adaptations/14081), aber die sind teils unvollständig und manchmal fehlt die Android-App-Unterstützung.

I really hope #google don't mess up the #chromebook experience by making it into a failed #android device. Much like the #Meego OS many years ago. Right now the overall experience, except for the number of app stores is generally very good. Fast, responsive, stable and hassle free.

@danct12 #Nokia did a (soft) launch party for the #N900 at the BFI on the South Bank in London in September 2009.

lcuk had had a prototype, so we were able to do a cool demo: https://youtu.be/yk27PenpAz0

#RetroComputing #Maemo #MeeGo

_EDIT:_ I note wryly that Nokia's blog post about this is now on the #Microsoft website: https://blogs.windows.com/devices/2009/09/04/n900-to-appear-in-london-next-week/

@iammannyj @s31bz

In the late 90s/early 00s I used the #Handspring visors for a while (Deluxe in blue followed by Edge in silver)

Next were the Nokia internet tablets running #maemo, including the #NokiaN950 (#meego harmattan)

Also the Nokia communicators, including the #NokiaE90

More recently rocking a #GPDpocket, but that's out of scope for this poll.

@mhoye Don't be.

#Meego was #Intel's successful attempt to embed-extend-extinguish on #Maemo.

Having good #Linux #OS for #ARM is not a good business model to sell more #IA chipsets.

Hmm, strange, some apps won't start anymore ? Some #certificate bullshit again ? #N950 #N9 #meego #maemo

Loved this thing, it was pretty much perfect.
#Nokia #N950 #meego #maemo #linuxonmobile #qt #linux

@mjg59 There was "The Story of Nokia's #Maemo & #MeeGo" by Sampsa Kurri. Original link 404s, but it's archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20121030094913/http://taskumuro.com/artikkelit/the-story-of-nokia-meego

I also remember a series of blogs by another insider, talking of the wider context of what was going on at #Nokia. Memory (and Google) failing me though.

@mjg59 IIRC, quite a few people from the #KDE community worked for Nokia in Germany back then on
#Maemo / #MeeGo
Maybe one of them is still around here and can provide some input here?

I've been a huge #Nokia fan for many years. I still use the Nokia E72 and love the experience. And in 2010 I heard about the #MeeGo project. And I also know the whole further history of Nokia. I was a Nokia #Lumia920 user with #WindowsPhone 8.1. But a couple of years ago, I heard about #SailfishOS. And this project is very interesting for me, but all my devices are not supported. And maybe later, but I'm interested in creating of a mobile application for #Fediverse services on their platform.