Jolla resumes where it left Meego Nokia

The operating system Meego continues its development through Jolla, a company founded by former employees of Nokia who worked on the N9. This new company, also based in Finland, could launch its first devices this year.

Nokia and Intel announced MeeGo at Mobile World Congress 2010, with the intention of creating a Linux-based operating system that worked in 'tablets', laptops and smartphones. The goal was to compete with Android. However, a year after Finland decided to abandon the project and focus on Windows Phone as a platform for their devices.

As a result, the N9 and N950 has been stalled without updates and with a low range of applications available on the team who worked Meegan.

However, despite the setbacks, Meego is not dead. Engineers who worked in the operating system have founded Jolla. As stated by the executive director of La Jolla, Jussi Hurmola: "Nokia created something wonderful, the best product for smartphones market, and we believe it deserves continued." They also claim the expertise of engineers better able to Meegan and Linux for this project.

The brand has announced the creation of its own line of smartphones that will bring the base of Meegan, but have a new interface. They promise a range of high quality smartphones follow in the footsteps of the N9 and expect the faithful support of this operating system developers.

According to the company said on Twitter: "La Jolla-based smartphones will have a bright new future." Reach the market later this year.

In front of Jussi stands Hurmola Jolla, ultimate responsibility of Meegan. Still have offered more evidence on the characteristics of the new smartphones or on its market price.

Nokia is another setback after only a few days ago, the developer Sotiris Makrygiannis Meego chief, announced his resignation along with a group of designers and engineers to undertake new projects independently. Finland has so far avoided comment on the development of La Jolla.

Related links:

- Press Jolla at Nokia Conversations (http://nokiainnovation.com/2012/07/first-official-jolla-press-release/).

- Twitter Account Jolla (https://twitter.com/JollaMobile).

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A spin of Nokia smartphones will bring Meego

 

HELSINKI (Reuters) - A new Finnish company formed by former employees from Nokia and discarded technology used by mobile phone maker, plans to launch its first smartphone later this year, thus entering a market already saturated.
The 'startup', Jolla, Meegan will use the software, developed by Nokia and Intel between 2010 and 2011, for their products.
Based on the Linux operating system, Meegan has found use in netbooks and infotainment systems in cars, but so far only been installed on a smartphone model, the Nokia N9.
Finland's Nokia last year changed its own software platform, MeeGo and Symbian, Windows Phone from Microsoft, still unproven, a move that affected their sales and brought down the price of its shares. Yet to disclose sales figures N9.
"The team Jolla consists of managers and professionals of the organization, Nokia Meego, along with some of the improvements Meego minds working in the communities," said the new company in a statement.
Jolla said he would focus on the design, development and sales of new smartphones based on software Meego and submit its first model later this year, along with private international investors and partners.
Analysts said the new company would have trouble getting a smartphone market highly competitive, which is dominated by Google and Apple.
"Art is not to create a cool phone, the challenge is to create a sustainable business. And when you have everything in place, is when it takes the product to market," said John Strand, founder of the Danish telecoms consultancy Strand Consult.

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