MeeGo to woo developers with upcoming release

From PC World: The MeeGo project is getting ready to release version 1.1 of the operating system, which should allow developers to start working on applications for smartphones, according to a blog post.

"Creating [version 1.1] is important because it gives developers, especially handset application developers, a relatively stable ground for starting their work," the blog post said.

Also, arriving soon is an update to the Maemo operating system, which is used on Nokia's N900 smartphone, that will allow users to run both Maemo and MeeGo on the N900. That will allow developers to write applications using the Qt framework, and then test them on both Maemo and MeeGo, directly on their N900, according to the blog post.

The blog post also issues a warning for potential users: "MeeGo is an open source project and if you choose to install the MeeGo image on your N900 device, you do it completely at your own risk. If you are not confident that you know what you are doing with it and why, please don't use it at all," it said.

The MeeGo OS, announced in February, merges Intel's Moblin and Nokia's Maemo Linux-based operating systems. Nokia and Intel hope that advanced smartphones, netbooks, connected TVs and tablet computers will all use the operating system.

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