Goodbye Meego and Qt, Hello Tizen and HTML5

September 28, 2011, Posted by chippy at 9:28 am

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As reported yesterday and in a previous thought piece, Samsung and Intel will join together as leaders in a new OS project. It’s open source, HTML5-focused and called Tizen.

The plan involves contributing Limo and Meego elements into a new open-source OS project, called Tizen, that appears to ditch QT and native apps in favour of HTML5.

Not only is this likely to introduce the same year+ delay that the transition from Moblin/Maemo to Meego did but it’s going to shake-off a lot of developers who were working on native apps although AppUp, the one Intel software component that could get a big boost from this, is promising.that it will support Tizen and applications for existing Meego builds.

HTML5 apps mean one thing to me – more CPU power. It makes sense ;-)

Goodbye from Meegonews.

Via Netbooknews

Source: Meego.com

  • mbo

    So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

  • http://jedibeeftrix.wordpress.com/ Jedibeeftrix

    As a day to day user of the KDE desktop one of the key things that made
    nokia/meego interesting was its use and promotion of QT, if Tizen
    doesn’t use that then it lessens my interest in exactly the same way as
    Nokia downplaying “linux” in its QT marketed handsets.

    I also doubt the capability of Tizen to be anything more than still-born
    if it doesn’t use a decent mobile focussed UI toolkit like Qt.

    I have seen too many of these mobile linux partnerships come and go to
    no real effect, at the end of the day nokia is on its fifth generation
    of mobile linux products, that is at least a real track record to place
    some trust in.

    I’m all for meego being folded into Tizen, and wishing it every success,
    but without nokia and Qt i remain sceptical, and quite happy to
    continue with an N9 for the next couple of years. 

  • http://www.carrypad.com chippy

    The UI framework is so important. I agree. Id be surprised to see HTML5 replace it but maybe in the next 5 years its possible.

  • Wilma Flintstone

    I am very happy to see this merge and am eagerly waiting for the first conference news with Tizen devices.  With Samsung backing it along with Intel, I know we’ll FINALLY get some devices out to the Consumer.  I will be awaiting a conference and news on Tizen.

  • Anonymous

    HTML5 apps will run on top of linux, HTML5 is mostly GUI. They ar probably doing same as Windows 8. Make it possible to create simple native apps in HTML5 but that doesn’t conflict with normal apps.
    HTML5 is an extension, not a replacement

  • Jomson

    this really sucks. Without Qt-Support, Meego is dropped out. That’s a really bad news for all meego-fans. 

  • Wilma Flintstone

    Not even.  I’m a HUGE Meego fan and Nokia just wasn’t bringing out any Meego Devices then Turned and Dropped it leaving Intel to bare the load.  Now at least along with Samsung, we’ll actually get some devices out to the Customer.  Tizen basically IS Meego and HTML5 is what everybody is moving toward anyway which means more support for Tizen/Meego so if you understand it, its not bad news at all.  It’s actually an Evolution of Meego.  Also, eventually QT apps and such will be ported to HTML5 anyway so there’s nothing negative to say about this.  This can only go up.