MeeGo is back with a new codename Sailfish
2012-11-22 JH Bae
The spin-off of Nokia unveiled the MeeGo-based Sailfish OS and said it will build its own smartphone around Sailfish OS and ST-Ericsson’s NovaThor SOC solution.
MeeGo OS was scrapped by Nokia after the Finnish mobile phone maker adopted Windows Phone 7 as de facto OS for its smartphone product line-up in early 2011.
The orphaned OS was jointly developed by Nokia and Intel in 2010 to fight back Apple iOS’ rein in smartphone market and was dubbed as a next generation of cross-market OS aimed at addressing a wide spectrum of markets from high-end smartphones to smart TVs.
The Sailfish OS also supports multiple chip architectures.
The Sailfish OS and UI are highly adaptable and will support smartphones ,tablets, smart TVs,and even automotive.
Sailfish is a real opportunity for developers to participate in and build solutions with existing open source projects such as Qt, MerCore, and the Linux kernel, said Jolla in the PR statement. The new OS will be built through community involvement and participation.
The Sailfish SDK consists of Mer Core’s tools,Qt Creator,Jolla UI components,Sailfish UI framework and Sailfish handset application interfaces.
The SDK encourages Sailfish friends to extend the tools to support development for their company’s style. The SDK is the right choice for Sailfish Alliance partners for both contributing to the direction of the operating system and developing new and magical products.The Sailfish supports multitasking, allowing users to multitask instantly between truly running applications.