MeeGo Seminar Winter 2010

On December 9, we attended MeeGo Seminar Winter 2010. This seminar was held at Tokyo Midtown Hall & Conference, which was located at Roppongi, Tokyo. This event was organized by the Linux Foundation. This MeeGo Seminar was the third MeeGo Seminar, and we have attended all seminars and reported on the previous seminar in this blog.



Since this event was held after the release of MeeGo1.1 and MeeGo Conference 2010, most sessions were reporting the what had already announced at the previous conference. They reviewed the present state of MeeGo1.1 and previewed the new features of MeeGo1.2. The most improvements will not be detected from the surface. The notable features of MeeGo 1.2 are “Policy Framework” and “MeeGo Security.” The former is to manage the tasks for functionality of device. Unlike PC, The hardware resource of MeeGo device is limited. This feature is critical to allocate the hardware resource and to maintain its response. The latter is a set of features for security. The number of smart phones will exceeds the number of PCs sson. The MeeGo team believes the number of viruses for smart phones will also surpass the number of PC's viruses. The MeeGo team proactively prepares for the feature virus threats. The details of these features are available at videos of MeeGo Conference 2010. Please visit here and there, respectively.

There were demos that many companies exhibited at the hall. The demos were more leaning toward consumer electronics and car electronics than smart phones. These companies intentionally might draw the line between MeeGo and Android? Android is for smart phone and its extensions, and MeeGo is for anything else. This is a just speculative thought. We look forward to seeing the next MeeGo Seminar.