LG to create MeeGo smartphones

By George Wong on 04/15/2011, filed in Home > CellPhones

Since Nokia has jumped shipped over to Microsoft’s side and will be developing Windows Phone 7 devices in the future, the open source operating system they helped start, MeeGo was left alone in the hands on Intel. Now it looks like Intel won’t be alone in the MeeGo battle. Some other companies have stepped up to the plate and will be assisting in the creation of MeeGo handsets for the future. Valtteri Halla of MeeGo has announced that LG, together with ZTE and China Mobile have joined forces to MeeGo handsets. Will they be force to be reckoned with? I guess only time will tell.

LG: LG Corporation is a South Korean conglomerate that is based in Seoul. LG operates a number of subsidiaries including LG Electronics, LG Display, LG Telecom, and LG Chem. The conglomerate specializes in developing electronics, telecom products, and chemicals. LG Corp. was founded in 1947 by Koo In-Hwoi. Koo first established Lak-Hui Chemical Industrial Corp. in 1947. Today, Lak-Hui (pronounced lucky) is known as LG Chem. The company then expanded its business and created Goldstar Co. Ltd, now known as LG Electronics Inc. Both companies merged and formed Lucky-Goldstar, which was eventually renamed “LG” in 1995.

Nokia: Nokia is a Finnish communications company that was the largest phone vendor (per unit) between 1988 to 2012. The company's history go back to 1871 but the Nokia that we know today (the Nokia corporation) was founded in 1967 by the merger of three Finnish companies. It is then that Nokia worked on networking equipment and was ultimately involved in the launch of the first cellular network in 1981 (Mobira Oy). Nokia because a key developer of GSM, the standard that we all know today. Although Nokia still produces a range of phones that includes entry-level handsets and Symbian smartphones, the company is counting on the Windows Phone OS to regain the share that it once had. The current flagship Windows Phone device from Nokia is the Lumia 920.

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