So the Press release is out (not the actual announcement but all the info for the press prior to the announcemnt)
and Nokia is picking up WP7 as their primary smartphone OS and MeeGO will still be developed and Symbian will still be used.
WP7 sounds like its going to be the "transition" OS although it will take a dominant role
and the Head of MEEGO has been fired (guess he took too long to get MeeGO finished so he's fired)
There will still be a Meego device released this year but it sounds like MeeGO has become Maemo just 1 device and that's it (N900)
edit: i should make it a bit clearer, Symbian is going to be phased out slowly and MeeGo is pretty much dead they're just going to release the 1 device they've been working on (N9) and its going to become an Open Source OS that sits on the back burner.
Quote:
- A new leadership team and organizational structure with a clear focus on speed, results and accountability...
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With Nokia’s planned move to Windows Phone as its primary smartphone platform, Symbian becomes a franchise platform, leveraging previous investments to harvest additional value. This strategy recognizes the opportunity to retain and transition the installed base of 200 million Symbian owners. Nokia expects to sell approximately 150 million more Symbian devices in the years to come.
Under the new strategy, MeeGo becomes an open-source, mobile operating system project. MeeGo will place increased emphasis on longer-term market exploration of next-generation devices, platforms and user experiences. Nokia still plans to ship a MeeGo-related product later this year.
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Alberto Torres has stepped down from the management team, effective February 10 to pursue other interests outside the company. (VP of MEEGO)
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Elop was Gates' Trojan Horse as this now famous image depicts (started as a joke but looks like its true)
A Plus is that they're merging techs so best of both worlds downside is .... since Symbian is getting phased out no ones going to be developing for it anymore (and just when they got so many people on board and were offering million dollar+ prizes for those who created the best apps) My N8 likely won't be seeing anything new and awesome outside of what's already almost complete.
The Meego device... might be fun the N900 does have a tonne of neat features etc developed for it by the community.... but shieeeeet
really disappointing -_-
edit2: this really sounds like a deal for Microsoft rather than Nokia....
Microsoft gets Nokia a company that sells Half a Billion Phones a Year to install Microsofts OS...
Microsoft gets Nokia Maps;
Microsoft gets the OVI Store
Microsoft gets Nokias Mobile Camera Technology / team....
Nokia gets Bing and a shitty OS that isn't even doing well on its own...