Netbooknews enjoyed a possiblity to check out the MeeGo tablets which were on show on the “MeeGo Fair” that occurred right after the press statement. The components is totally new and it is wanting to get branded by way of an OEM and it is based on Oaktrail. Its a 10.1 ” gadget that has a 10mm thickness operating the Z670 1.50GHz processor using an 1GB or RAM as well as an SSD of the unknown size.

There are some confusion when Nokia and Intel announced MeeGo, which will replace the Maemo. But certainly, there will be many advantages from MeeGo, such as support for portrait display, Ovi Store, Intel App Store & compatibility with Qt and UI framework. Considering MeeGo & Maemo based Linux, MeeGo will be similar to Android that developed by Google, at least in terms of applications name and work systems. For the user interfaces, usually every vendor will develop different UI, similar to what we find in the Windows Mobile smartphones.

Finally, the operating system for mobile phones that made by Nokia & Intel already launched, but currently MeeGo only can be tested through Nokia N900. MeeGo OS as an open source operating system is expected to compete with other open source OS such as Android & Symbian. Already have Nokia N900 and want to try MeeGo OS? Download it here. Use at your own risk.

Here a video about demo MeeGo OS that developed by Nokia and Intel. The MeeGo was used as operating system in new LG smartphone, LG GW990. Is it better than Android or Symbian? See the video to know about how the user interface in LG GW990 with MeeGo as operating system.

The presence of Android OS makes other competitors to do what Android do, make an open source operating system. After Symbian announced as open source, this time Nokia & Intel will release an operating system with open source too. If you still remember the Maemo operating system that being developed by Nokia, then MeeGo is Maemo that combined with Moblin (Intel’s application). MeeGo is an operating system based Linux OS that will be used for a all gadgets such as mobile phones, netbooks, pc tablets and in-vehicle infotainment systems. MeeGo OS ready to launch in this year. Lets see the progress.