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Send Private Message Posted June 01, 2010 4:03 pm

Today, Intel hosted the Intel® Atom™ Software Summit at Computex 2010 in Taiwan. There, we talked about recent developments and announcements fueling the momentum for MeeGo* and Intel AppUpSM Center. It’s been less than six months since MeeGo and Intel AppUp were introduced, and they both have already gained significant industry traction. Here at Computex, we’ve shown off some further advancements, and we’ve seen a flood of ecosystem support for MeeGo and Intel AppUp.

Here’s an overview of those advancements. Key highlights include:
• MeeGo v1.0 core software platform and netbook user experience demos (released last week to developers)
• Announcement of MeeGo v1.0-based products, including netbooks, tablets and other devices by multiple operating system vendors (OSVs).
• MeeGo support by major service telecommunications companies including Orange, Telecom Italia and Telefonica.

Numerous companies (OSVs, original equipment manufacturers and telecommunications companies), voiced their support for MeeGo and Intel AppUp Center at Computex. I am pleased to share some comments from supporters below.

Acer
“Acer will be ready with MeeGo-based mobile devices,” said Gianfranco Lanci, Chief Executive Officer, and President, Acer, Inc. “MeeGo’s open software platform will present our customers with another choice of a friendly, easy-to-use operating system. We are pleased to collaborate with Intel in our continuous drive to provide effortless technologies that empower people at work, home - anytime, anywhere.”

Asus
"Asus is the pioneer in the netbook segment and promises to deliver innovation and ease of use to all end-users. We are now the first OEM to launch a store, asus app store, powered by Intel AppUpSM Center for shipment in 2010, starting with Windows* and soon after MeeGo*," said Samson Hu, Vice President of ASUS System Business Group, General Manager of Eee System Business Group. "MeeGo lowers complexity for Asus targeting multiple market segments like netbooks and tablets. Asus plans to ship MeeGo based products in 2011"

China Standard Software Co., Ltd
“The CS2C tablet solution based MeeGo platform has many great features including the multi-touch, gesture operation of the new user experience, the multi-tasking in support of 3G, WIFI, WIMAX mobile internet and the support function for USB peripherals, camera and GPS. We believe that there will be good market response," said Li Bin, Director of Business Development, China Standard Software Co., Ltd.

Device VM
“Since the launch of Splashtop in 2007, we have received thousands of requests from application and content developers to provide a software developer’s kit [SDK],” said Mark Lee, CEO and co-founder of DeviceVM. “By embracing an open, consistent MeeGo platform and working closely with Linux Foundation on upstream projects, we are opening up our flagship Splashtop instant-on environment to run the rich, third-party applications our customers want.”

Inventec
"Inventec has worked with Intel to develop cutting edge MeeGo based tablets to address this new category of devices,"said Mark Hirsch, Chief VP Marketing, Inventec Corp."Together with innovative applications and services from the developer community, MeeGo will accelerate the availability of creative user experiences – connecting people quickly and easily to what matters most, wherever they may be."

Linpus
“Linpus is excited to be involved in the MeeGo project,” said Rita Jing, vice-president of sales, Linpus Technologies, Inc. “The combination of the Moblin and Maemo projects into MeeGo, clearly creates a more powerful, flexible open source community and platform. Linpus Lite will benefit and so will our clients.”

Mandriva
Gaurav Parakh, vice president, Partnership BU, said that he was delighted to work with Intel and Nokia. “It allows Mandriva to focus on the development of operating systems, to target the OEMs / ODM market, which encompasses netbooks, handheld devices, home entertainment devices, connected TVs and smart phones products derived from Linux. The launch of this new version of Mandriva Mini will enable users to interact with ensemble MeeGo base applications with Qt interface.”

Metasys
“Since the beginning of the classmate PC project, Metasys and Intel have worked together on the development of an educational solution for the Linux environment, currently used in several countries. Now, Metasys announces a MeeGo-based operating system and aligns its strategy of developing the educational platform for the Intel-powered classmate PC. The company expects to offer an innovative open software operating system for the next generation of computing devices,” said Paulo Neuenschwander Maciel, CEO of Metasys.

Novell
“Our commitment to ship SUSE MeeGo further extends our position as the leading OS vendor in the desktop Linux market,” said Guy Lunardi, director of Client Preloads at Novell. “Novell is passionate about providing users with a better computing experience and MeeGo will deliver on that promise. Our experience as the leading commercial provider of desktop Linux environments — from thin clients, to workstations, thru netbooks, notebooks and desktop devices — puts us in a great position to deliver SUSE MeeGo to a broad base of original equipment and device manufacturers.”

Pixart:
"Pixart is relying on the MeeGo software platform because it lowers development costs and allows our company to announce products for multiple market segments, from education to entertainment," said Gabriel Marcelo Ortiz, CEO and president of Pixart. "We have launched products for the Digital TV and can now announce products for the classmate PC."

Quanta
"Quanta has innovative designs based on MeeGo for the hot tablet market to meet consumer demands of a connected lifestyle," said Steve Cheng, Vice President, Quanta Computer Inc. "MeeGo increases consumer choice because it will run on multiple device types and people can keep their favorite apps whenever they change device or upgrade."

Red Flag - inMini
“inMini is a fashionable system with excellent performance and is easy-to-use,”said Dong Jia, CEO & President of Red Flag Software Co., Ltd. “It’s Intel® Atom™ processor and MeeGo project which provide the solid foundation. We believe OEM customers and consumers would benefit greatly from working with us.”

Red Flag – Midinux 3.0
"Midinux 3.0 integrates Red Flag Software and MeeGo, an industry leading technology, to provide a rich, powerful and easy to build mobile software platform. This helps ODM and OEMs to rapidly respond to market demand and launch their products," said Li Wenjie, Director of MID division, Red Flag.”

Telefonica
“MeeGo is fully aligned with our major initiatives to improve customer experience in the mobile and converged Internet spaces” said Vivek Dev, Group Director of Innovation at Telefónica. “MeeGo's cross-platform approach and its focus on enabling the fast development of innovative applications, combined with its open source nature, are clearly supportive to our goals of reducing complexity and harnessing the potential of next-generation converging services.”

TurboLinux China
“China has been the No.1 auto production and consumer country since 2009. How to meet peoples’ increased expectations for In-vehicle Infotainment system is a topic we face,” said Claude Zhou, general manager of Turbolinux China. “Through this effort, we have learned a lot about the Intel Atom platform processor and MeeGo open source project. It’s amazing this combination can bring a brilliant experience to the Auto Industry with great stability, performance and ease-of-use. This is a very solid foundation for our GTIVI solution.”

VietSoft
“With Asianux Lite, we hope to make a first step in the fast growing mobile market in Vietnam.” said Dr. Tran Luong Son, General Director of VietSoftware.