Nokia feature phone segment seems to be switching from the S40. Latest news from Finland indicate if the vendor is preparing an operating system called the Meltemi to be immersed in a row of cheap mobile phones. Meltemi is mentioned as a Linux-based software platform.
This OS is predicted to bring the smartphone-style experience on phones with limited funds. Nokia is not yet officially introduced the Meltemi. But the news that blow revealed that the OS user interface will be something like the Maemo, the Linux OS that has also been used in the Nokia N900, with a different underlying kernel, and be the handiwork of a subset of Nokia’s original Maemo team. That team is likely to include expertise from the people behind Smarterphone OS, the low-cost smartphone platform Nokia acquired midway through last year.
Nokia’s smart devices chief Ilari Nurmi confirmed at Mobile World Congress last week that it had no plans to release devices running Smarterphone, and that the acquisition was more of a talent-grab.
Nurmi also conceded that Nokia needs to make its affordable devices more competitive with the influx of budget Android phones, something the company itself referred to in its latest SEC filing this week. Exactly when we can expect to see Meltemi show up on devices is unclear, though Nokia World 2012 in late Septembet might be a good guess.
This OS is predicted to bring the smartphone-style experience on phones with limited funds. Nokia is not yet officially introduced the Meltemi. But the news that blow revealed that the OS user interface will be something like the Maemo, the Linux OS that has also been used in the Nokia N900, with a different underlying kernel, and be the handiwork of a subset of Nokia’s original Maemo team. That team is likely to include expertise from the people behind Smarterphone OS, the low-cost smartphone platform Nokia acquired midway through last year. Nokia’s smart devices chief Ilari Nurmi confirmed at Mobile World Congress last week that it had no plans to release devices running Smarterphone, and that the acquisition was more of a talent-grab.
Nurmi also conceded that Nokia needs to make its affordable devices more competitive with the influx of budget Android phones, something the company itself referred to in its latest SEC filing this week. Exactly when we can expect to see Meltemi show up on devices is unclear, though Nokia World 2012 in late Septembet might be a good guess.
