MeeGo will welcome two new members into the Handset Company in the working group claims. Huawei and Panasonic is said to be preparing to join the ranks of the current members of the Group, including Intel, Motorola, LG, ZTE and China Mobile.
Nokia affair with Windows Phone 7 is a big blow to the ambitions of the MeeGo to enter the mobile market, while Nokia maintains that we will see a MeeGo powered devices from them this year.
News of Huawei and Panasonic would like to join MeeGo first leaked on Twitter by a member of the Linux Foundation, then reportedly confirmed by others in the Foundation and Intel.
Still no official confirmation as of yet. If this pans out, it will increase the stand MeeGo’s-Huawei handset maker is great and Panasonic are quite popular in some markets (e.g. Japan).
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