MeeGo was born not so long ago and it is sad to see its death too early. Today, Tizen, which is entirely Linux based OS for mobile has born to rival Android.
It was not so long ago that MeeGo was launched for the mobile devices, and got open-sourced. The mobile giant, Nokia thought this could be a rival for Android and would take the company to the next level. But unfortunately, it did not work out for the company and now, Intel has come up with another project called the Tizen.
The project has come up with the Linux Foundation which is hosting the project and will join hands with Intel and Samsung. The most surprising part about the Tizen is that it would support a range of device categories, like phones, smartphones, TVs and netbooks. Now that Nokia is concentrating on Microsoft Windows Phone ecosystem, the company has stopped developing MeeGo.
If you are not aware of what Tizen is, here’s what the official website says:
[quote cite=”www.tizen.org”] The Tizen application programming interfaces are based on HTML5 and other web standards, and we anticipate that the vast majority of Tizen application development will be based on these emerging standards. These APIs will cover various platform capabilities, such as messaging, multimedia, camera, network, and social media. For those who use native code in their applications, the Tizen SDK will include a native development kit. We will open the entire Tizen software stack, from the core OS up through the core applications and polished user interfaces. [/quote]
The Samsung, Intel and Linux Foundation combination is huge, and will definitely grab some attention from the customers. We can soon expect some beautiful gadgets powered by Tizen in near future. And Samsung should definitely think out of the box to make some UI improvements so that the OS clicks with the end-users. BTW, RIP MeeGo!