Analyzing MeeGo UI Design guidelines

rick — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:20:44 +0000

Nokia first started out creating a Linux based operating system many years ago, called it Maemo, and the product was named Nokia 770 Internet Tablet. In the design department, it was aces, but from the performance point of view, it was awfully slow. Because of this, it never got much recognition. After that came the N800. Design-wise, it looked very much like a toy, but its performance was better and faster, but it was not enough to win over the consumers in a major way. So, the N800 also bombed. It was succeeded by the N810. It had a very nice and large screen, had a faster processor, and even had GPS. People would have loved a radio to go with all these too, but it did not happen. This set too was not much of a crowd puller. After all these failed products, Nokia finally struck gold with the Nokia Unlocked N900. People were awed by its introduction in the market. It was quite a relief for Nokia, but even this did not last long, and even though this phone had a much faster processor, it slowly ebbed away from people’s minds.

Recently Nokia and Intel held a joint press conference, and announced the MeeGo. MeeGo is Nokia’s love child, built for ARM processors, and Intel’s Moblin operating system. Nokia Unlocked Cell-Phones then purchased a company in 2008, called Trolltech, and made a run time environment called Qt. A run time environment is something, which a programmer can use to write his applications. The main aim was to layer Qt at the head of Symbian based mobile phone so that the applications may be prepared in the similar environment.

Recently, a set of documents was released, discussing about MeeGo user interface guidelines. In a world where HTML5 is getting more adopted by the passing day, where the MeeGo stands is a good question, and we shall only know when they are finally introduced in the market

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Analyzing MeeGo UI Design guidelines