Finnish Tech site tietokone.fi reports that it has been hearing some unsubstantiated rumours that they have been hearing about ANOTHER MeeGo Device up Nokia’s Sleeve. Here is the quote, take it with a pinch of salt or perhaps not:
In other hand, i have heard from two people very near Nokia who are working for an operator and wholesale that Nokia N9′s successor, in other words MeeGo device, could still be in Nokia’s roadmap. I do not know where the idea was born, so I take it with caution. Nokia has so far publicly said that the Nokia N9 is the only MeeGo device. Perhaps MeeGo is still kept as option in the event that Windows Phones fail badly?
Considering the amount of people that Nokia have let go in their MeeGo R&D and other departments I would be surprised if this was the case, but following the rave reviews that the Nokia N9 has globally received lately, this would be a good move for Nokia.
Source tietokone.fi via Nokia Gadgets
4 Response Comments
In the end, the Meego running on the N9 is merely Maemo 6 with compatibility with Meego. So Nokia can always refer to Maemo for later releases.
Excellent point Jarno!
N9 may not be my last Nokia device after all.
Not exactly. Elop has committed to using Linux for the “next billion” devices. It is possible with Intel trashing MeeGo, that Nokia could use MeeGo as the kick-off point for low-end devices… and keep the code base maintained for high-end devices in case Windows Phone doesn’t sell well.
I suspect all of this is simply a skunkworks project however, not an official device in development… assuming the rumor has validity.
Oh man! I really hope we’ll see a MeeGo phone with psychical keyboard released to the public.