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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  • 15 Jun 2012

Lolan, 15 Jun 2012More apps on market doesn't make an OS better. My first pho... moreI remember on my 3650 using an app that by using interpolation made the VGA resolution up to 1 Mega Pixel. I wish i could remeber what it was called..

I want my say and think if companys are getting rid of feature phones then NOkia should do,

1) a couple of talk and text phones.
2) Symbian low end phones to midrange.
3)Meego top end phones.

This is not going to happen but imagine now if they adopted Meego full time and had these powerfull smartfones been developed..Conversations like "what phone you buying next"? "Oh i am buying one of Nokias Meego Harmatten Smartphones "..

Folk would flock to this new powerfull O/S and could easily destroy Android..I am not Nokias chief tho am i but thats what i would have opted for with Android as back up if Meego failed..

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    • 15 Jun 2012

    Elop is the worst CEO in the world...

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      • Mohd
      • MDV
      • 15 Jun 2012

      Fiiiiiiiireeeee Eloppppppp!!!!!! :@ Nokia was the best in the past but Mr Elop is a monster who destroyed the finns! Nokia still has so much technologies but this monster wanna destroy all that company!

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        • nEB
        • 15 Jun 2012

        .., 15 Jun 2012the one who should ne chopped is elop. chopping this choopi... moreSo true, good comment.

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          • U}}
          • 15 Jun 2012

          After reading all recent Nokia news, it seems Nokia is going bankrupt.

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            • n3B
            • 15 Jun 2012

            Wny not use symbian on budget phones ? It runs well on low hardware and there are plenty of apps for it , for a budbet phone.

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              • IkP
              • 15 Jun 2012

              bill, 15 Jun 2012Hahah Killed Meltemi. nokia is good at that. Belle was s... moreIf Nokia will kill S^3,
              then,
              Nokia Anna will be killed,
              Nokia Belle will also be killed,
              Nokia Belle FP1 will also be killed,
              Nokia Belle FP2 will be killed also,
              and no more Nokia Belle Refresh for N8...

              And this is Nokia's(actually,it's stupid Elop) Great Self-Destruction.

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                • n2K
                • 15 Jun 2012

                In bengali language Elop means vanishing, Mr. Elop has come to vanish Nokia, Finns why dont you do something like egyptians to save Nokia. Make peaceful movement against Elop and do something, we love Nokia to see as number one again.

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                  • 15 Jun 2012

                  bill, 15 Jun 2012Hahah Killed Meltemi. nokia is good at that. Belle was s... more"Nokia to End “Meltemi” Effort for Low-End Smartphones"
                  http://allthingsd.com/20120614/nokia-to-end-meltemi-effort-for-low-end-smartphones/

                  Dos this mean that they have a linux strategy for the high end ( Harmattan ) with out the Meego stamp???

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                    • 15 Jun 2012

                    AnonD-50755, 15 Jun 2012Nokia now is like watching a car crashing in slow motion vi... moretrue.,.. :-)

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                      • Anonymous
                      • IVW
                      • 15 Jun 2012

                      bill, 15 Jun 2012Hahah Killed Meltemi. nokia is good at that. Belle was s... morerotten fruits user??

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                        • v0q
                        • 15 Jun 2012

                        the one who should ne chopped is elop. chopping this chooping that, why would he approve proposals such as that and deciding without even thinking. i dont understand why nokia would develop s40 for touchscrreens. touchscreens are hard to use for an extra phone. nokia is just that. for an extra phone. what nokia should be doing now is produce an s40 classic phone with classy looks and good build quality such as the 6700 classic. i would definitely buy one. may be nokia could remake the said phone instead of focusing on s40 touchscreens.

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                          • Lolan
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                          • 15 Jun 2012

                          More apps on market doesn't make an OS better. My first phone was nokia 6600. Though it had only a 0.3 mp VGA camera, I could take pictures with the quality of 3mp with 3rd party apps like photorite SP. What I'm trynna say is, it's the usefull apps that matters. And we can't install loadsa apps on a mobile phone as it also has limitations. Will anyone install at least a 100 apps or games altogether on a phone? So It's not wise to buy a phone for the millions of apps on app market

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                            • 15 Jun 2012

                            Hahah Killed Meltemi. nokia is good at that.

                            Belle was supposed to be droid killer, no. must be meego, No . Ok meletemi is android killer. yes, meltemi will be droid killer. all android phone manufacturers shoudl close down now. hahahha.

                            meltemi - killed
                            meego - killed
                            S60 - killed
                            S^3 - killed soon

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                              • uNV
                              • 15 Jun 2012

                              elop and bill gates are nokia yammy

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                                • 3vk
                                • 15 Jun 2012

                                Lolan, 15 Jun 2012It's funny. Nokia abandoned Symbian OS and trying to make a... moreThey have already an superb OS -> Maemo/MeeGo!!
                                Do you have seen the N9!?

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                                  • uuw
                                  • 15 Jun 2012

                                  Curious to know which phone is Elop using..!

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                                    • Lolan
                                    • t1$
                                    • 15 Jun 2012

                                    It's funny. Nokia abandoned Symbian OS and trying to make another OS. Symbian was much better OS with enough apps available on market. Nokia could improve Symbian instead of abandoning it and trying to make another OS.

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                                      • ibH
                                      • 15 Jun 2012

                                      please combine nokia+android
                                      i miss nokia since i use SE

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • HI4
                                        • 15 Jun 2012

                                        I cant speek english, i love nokia but if nokia use android TRIUMPHANT in world,