These include an RSS reader, Internet radio player, Google search box and contact list by default, but can also be expanded with third party plug-ins.
The Maemo 5 user interface is slightly different the menu bar and info area are consolidated to the top of the display, and the four desktops can be customized with shortcuts and widgets.Īt the Mobile World Congress in February 2010, it was announced that the Maemo project would be merging with Moblin to create the MeeGo mobile software platform. The home screen is divided into areas for launching applications, a menu bar, and a large customizable area that can display information such as an RSS reader, Internet radio player, and Google search box. The user interface in Maemo 4 is similar to many hand-held interfaces and features a "home" screen, from which all applications and settings are accessed. It uses the Matchbox window manager and the GTK-based Hildon framework as its GUI and application framework. Maemo is based on Debian and draws much of its GUI, frameworks, and libraries from the GNOME project.
Maemo is mostly based on open-source code and has been developed by Maemo Devices within Nokia in collaboration with many open-source projects such as the Linux kernel, Debian, and GNOME. Maemo played a key role in Nokia's strategy to compete with Apple and Android, and that strategy failed for complex, institutional and strategic reasons.
The platform comprises both the Maemo operating system and SDK. Maemo is a software platform originally developed by Nokia, now developed by the community, for smartphones and Internet tablets. Mixed unspecified open-source and proprietary Largely open-source with mandatory proprietary components ĥ.0 PR 1.3.1 / 1 November 2011 10 years ago ( ) Terminated in favor of MeeGo, community support available