14 DAY TRIAL // MeeGo, the operating system that resulted from the marriage between Nokia's Maemo platform and Intel's Moblin solution, still has a long way to go before it would be released on the market on actual devices, but it seems that the first steps in this direction have been already made, and that things are looking as promising as they can be. At least this is what the video embedded at the bottom of this article, featuring Meego 1.1 running on an Aava prototype and developer phone, shows.
At least two things have to be cleared up here. First of all, the MeeGo 1.1 solution is not an actual operating system for the time being. Released officially on June 30, the solution is only a developer preview image of MeeGo, while the actual platform should be released sometime in October. Even so, MeeGo shows that it includes about all that it takes to be an appealing mobile operating system, even if the final flavor might actually prove very different from what can be seen in the video below, in terms of visual appearance.
At the same time, we should note that the device on which MeeGo runs in the video below is only a prototype handset. Aava announced it a while ago, but this is the first time when we see it actually working. It is mainly a reference design, sporting a 1.5 GHz Intel Moorestown processor, which is said to sport impressive performance capabilities, though it might have some issues with the power consumption.
All in all, the Aava MeeGo development platform looks pretty well, and can demonstrate that MeeGo has all the necessary features to impress. Moreover, it is said to be capable of providing a better browsing experience than the Android-based Nexus One would, as a recent article on Unwired View states. Of course, Aava's device and HTC's mobile phone pack different hardware (Nexus One is powered by a 1GHz ARM-based Snapdragon chipset), and the “competition” might not be fair, but that won't stop enthusiasts from hoping.