Moblin and Maemo merge to form MeeGo

If you believe Intel, Moblin until now has been the future of Linux-based netbooks. On the same note, until now Nokia has been pushing Maemo as the new hotness for Linux-based smartphones. Today at Mobile World Congress, the two companies have announced a joint program to merge the two platforms to make one mobile OS out of two.

The new OS is called MeeGo. MeeGo is a project looks at bringing netbook and smartphone experiences together, bringing the same OS to both. The platform will also be brought to Internet-enabled TVs, in-vehicle systems and “media phones.” The draw seems to be that whatever developers have created for the separate platforms already will work with MeeGo. That alone brings hope for more Nokia phones like the N900 that have more apps. The apps will be available through Nokia’s Ovi Store, and Intel’s AppUp Center.

Of course, Intel and Nokia expect MeeGo to become widely adopted, and the site promises that we’ll see MeeGo devices by the end of the year. The question remains, however, what MeeGo will actually look like, and why we’d want to use it on multiple devices, Shoving a netbook OS on a smartphone with long battery life and the capabilities of the N900 or Google’s Nexus One seems to eliminate the need for a netbook unless you really need the larger size.

Read [MeeGo] Via [Gizmodo]