Nokia update MeeGo 1.2 for Nokia N9

Nokia update MeeGo v1.2 for Nokia N9 now. The update weighs in at 284MB and it may take a while to install (up to 40 minutes according to Nokia).But it's well worth the wait. With it, you'll get to make video calls and finally put that front-facing camera of the Nokia N9 to good use. MeeGo 1.2 also offers folders in the app launcher so you can get the place more organized.Other improvements include updates to the camera and gallery and copy/paste functionality with brackets.You can start the installation straight from the N9, just check for updates if you haven’t received a notification already.

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[MWC 2011] MeeGo Tablet UI more picture and video

Intel's landed at MWC with that very same tablet user interface, except it has done a bit of work to the underlying software and it's finally ready to start letting the press play around with it.

MeeGo is a collaboration between Intel’s Moblin and Nokia’s Maemo, an announcement the two companies made just one year ago from the stages of MWC 2010 in Barcelona. 

If you were to closely compare the design of the UI or what Intel is calling its "tablet user experience" to the one we saw back in June, you probably wouldn't notice much of a difference in terms of aesthetics, and that's because most of the work Intel's been doing has been to the code and framework.

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How to : Install MeeGo OS in Nexus S (Nexus S booted to MeeGo OS)

XDA Developers Forum member stroughtonsmith (aka our friend Steven Troughton-Smith,) and a crack team of other smarties have booted MeeGo unto their Nexus S phones from a rootfs image on their internal memory. This is big news because not only does MeeGo offer a whole different operating system on a powerful bit of device. As Smith notes, MeeGo seems to be the first non-Android OS to be successfully running on the Nexus S.
All you hackers, hear this set of instructions. If you’re new to this sort of thing, I recommend trying an easier project before you work with this.
- First, grab and build a MeeGo rootfs in ext2 format.
- Next, courtesy of Smith, use this kickstart as a base and note that it includes adb support, this being the only way you’ll be able to interact with it at the moment.
- When your image is compiled, copy it to linux/rootfs.ext2 on the internal memory of your Nexus S.
- Next, use fastboot to boot [this boot.img], or if you’d like, you can flash it to recovery if you’d instead like a dual boot. From here, you’re on your own. Again, if you didn’t understand anything above this sentence or feel like it might be too difficult to accomplish, just don’t do it! If it seems like a bunch of fun for you, feel free!

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MeeGo 1.1 install on HTC's HD2

HTC’s HD2 has become something of a favorite among smartphone modders; we’ve already seen the Windows Mobile 6.5 device swap its Microsoft OS for Android and Windows Phone 7, and now it’s the turn of MeeGo 1.1. Steve Troughton-Smith spotted that, since the HD2 is relatively similar to the Nexus One in terms of core hardware, Steve followed the  instructions for installing MeeGo on the Googlephone as he'd done previously for the Nexus One.

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