Nokia's Meltemi OS for budget handsets gets the chop

14 June, 2012
The Finnish giant reportedly abandoned the Linux based project in order to focus on Series 40.

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  • Anonymous
  • Xu4
  • 16 Jun 2012

Why not put old Symbian software in newer asha phones? These phones have better specs than old Symbian still no multitasking.

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    • AnonD-56393
    • tA$
    • 16 Jun 2012

    AnonD-41116, 16 Jun 2012enough is enough ELOP!!! stop this!!!! and step down!with out ellop Nokia woul be Bankrupt in Instant, Nokia has many OS, why build a new one ?? do u think build Platform Ecosystem like opening a grocery store?? it take time and nokia doesn't has the time if it want to catch up with others

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      • AnonD-41116
      • vx2
      • 16 Jun 2012

      i know MS hate linux but this meltemi is wayyyyy better than S40!!! give it a chance!!!!

      dont tell me that you buy smarterphone for nothing....

      even smarterphone is way better than S40! why dont you just let S40 be your touch and type and bar model feature phone, let smarterphone be your lowest end touch screen phone's OS, and let Meltemi be the low to budget OS to your phones!

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        • AnonD-41116
        • vx2
        • 16 Jun 2012

        enough is enough ELOP!!! stop this!!!! and step down!

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          • AnonD-41116
          • vx2
          • 16 Jun 2012

          NO just no!! this is stupid! meltemi is way better that S40!!! since it was rumored to be base on meego and linux!

          elop will drag the company down! he is just proving that he is a MS dog! MS hate linux so that's just it! elop hate that idea! maybe mcdowell oppose to elop about the full force WP in all level thats why she got fired! poor her! im with her if thats the case!WP isnt ready to be nokia's OS in all level because of its restrictions etc! Meltemi and Meego is really the best shot here! S40 is not for touch screen phones! maybe for touch and type and bar phones! but this meltemi really sounds nice!!! nokia stop this flopping right now!! hope the nokia employee will have a full force attack to fire elop!!! i feel so stupid when i still support nokia but nokia dont listen to us supporters! this is really upsetting!

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            • arp2x
            • t7F
            • 16 Jun 2012

            elop and microsoft kill all the linux based OS of nokia coz they are already threatened. If linux will rise on Nokia they are sure their windows based OS's will be dead and Microsoft will be closed and dead. Its all puzzled now. the great thing is nokia is killing itself and there are other oems like samsung, htc, lg, motorola and others that keep supporting linux...soon microsoft will be dead and will be replaced by Linux. Good bye Microsoft trying hard! by the way, I love my N9.

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              • Beer
              • ncr
              • 16 Jun 2012

              If have a 701 with the latest symabian belle. A fast and nice hard and software phone. With this Belle version it is better than my ipad. Even the so hyped app store of Apple is worse then the Nokia Store. The apple store has sure more apps, but much more nonsence and rubbish and more rubbish. With the Apple you need and outdated piece of software callled itunes to get your photos on the ipad. Not so with my nokia; simple bluetooth and browse what ever you want and a music played that autimatically find the new music. I hope there will come more Symbian phones.

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                • taylan
                • J9B
                • 16 Jun 2012

                I am sorry to see that Nokia's executives are trying to make the company go bankrupt. Still insisting on useless old Symbian and do not pay attention to innovative technologies. They are like a horse with glasses just looking on one direction.Focus on new OSs based on Linux kernel , go back and focus on android why you still have time to survive

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                  • symbian fanboy
                  • PS6
                  • 16 Jun 2012

                  please use symbian in budget phone.or remake n gage n e 70. I hate s40.no multitasking.even SE budget phone has that.

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                    • Vamsi
                    • S4$
                    • 16 Jun 2012

                    They could always make it open source if they wanted. So that the developers and programmers out there would have some fun.....

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                      • lalaland
                      • Kg@
                      • 16 Jun 2012

                      I'm getting sick of Nokia! I'm giving my all out support but I think I'm just too dumb to realize that Nokia dont care! Elop fire the pioneers this week and now abandoning something that to look up to? This is insane! Elope is just showing that he is really an MS dog! Why? Because meltemi is Linux based and MS hate that!Meltemi has future because meego (where meltemi is probably base)is well accepted by the consumer because of its magnificent swipe UI! Maybe that's why those Nokia pioneer got fired because they are against elope's decisions! Nokia I'm really upset right now because of that damn CEO you got! Its really upsetting! You do not need to go android because meego is already good!

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                        • rsh007
                        • vbf
                        • 16 Jun 2012

                        Nokia should use Windows as smartphone os and Symbian as feature phone os, we don't need s40, its worthless, their mgt should rethink...

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                          • whew
                          • vj1
                          • 16 Jun 2012

                          what is this OS? i never heard of it. the new nokia management is continously making mistakes (but pureview is a nice one actually).

                          it is much better if they revived meego as their high range OS and lower the price of symbian phones and turn it as their budjet smart phones.

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                            • Nitin Sharma
                            • t}y
                            • 16 Jun 2012

                            Nokia going to be history sooon....Meego was to gud OS...

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                              • Anonymous
                              • XMF
                              • 16 Jun 2012

                              okay nokia.....its time to move, see u someother time maybe...


                              once again u shoot ur own foot

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                                • AnonD-59294
                                • L3f
                                • 16 Jun 2012

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                                MeeGo great OS.. Nokia wake up now !!!

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • 9y6
                                  • 16 Jun 2012

                                  Wow...everything gets chop...doom nokia

                                  firt symbian and then meego, next meltemi...whats next????

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                                    • deadend
                                    • uZa
                                    • 16 Jun 2012

                                    i dont think so they are killing meltemi. Indeed, they contribute more in linux rather then google in 2011. U guys can find out that what i think these tricks are to seek n hide it happens in tech world linux is being standard nokia didnt drop that might be symbian's next itrations. They r giving time to ms as per agreement

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                                      • AnonD-39092
                                      • iFX
                                      • 16 Jun 2012

                                      Nokia you need specs like galaxy s2 note s3 that's all and you will be the king again. People believes in your hardware quality but not in software why why why why don't you see the rising market of android and specs of galaxies please please please stop all this crap of symbian and windows come to android Elop Elop Elop you will not be a flop if you give the world Nokia+driod

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                                        • Nickname
                                        • nmE
                                        • 15 Jun 2012

                                        Nokia N9 is the best phone Nokia made.
                                        Meego's UI manipulation is the most user friendly of all phones by far.
                                        I think N9/Meego should be important for Nokia so much as iPhone is for Apple.