MeeGo on Video: Intel Carries the Torch for Nokia's Mobile OS

With Intel showing off MeeGo tablets on its Computex stand, and Asus is using it on sub-£200 netbooks, it seems rumours of the death of the mobile OS have been largely over-exaggerated.

Although Nokia abandoned MeeGo in favour of Windows Mobile 7 back in February, Intel has kept up work on MeeGo, with support from a group of mobile device manufacturers who are clearly enjoying a chance to wind Microsoft up.


By installing MeeGo in their mobile devices, they're sending a gentle reminder to Microsoft that it isn't the only player and that if licence costs remain high, they can perfectly easily switch to another OS and help bring the cost of their laptops and tablets down.

Alongside Intel's impressive demos, MeeGo also worked surprisingly well on a netbook we saw.  We found it was incredibly intuitive and could get started straight away.  It's based on a Linux kernel, but that's entirely invisible.  Here's what it looks like on the Asus Eee PC X101:


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