15.02.2010 14:20 Uhr, Quelle: 9to5Mac

Nokia and Intel choose Linux to face Apple, Google

Announced this morning in Barcelona, Apple’s computer chip supplier, Intel, has agreed to a smartphone software sharing deal with iPhone-nemesis, Nokia.Nokia will merge its Linux Maemo software platform, used in its flagship N900 phone, with Intel's Moblin, also a version of Linux. The new software platform, called Meego, will be hosted by the Linux foundation, the companies said.The plan goes beyond the phone - Google’s OS plans, as are those of Microsoft and Apple are now faced with a strong new threat: Linux-based MeeGo is “designed to work across a range of hardware architectures and devices including mobile computers,

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