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Nokia unsuccessfully hawked MeeGo to HTC, RIM, Samsung and Motorola

Rivals were afraid of Nokia's control

Nokia unsuccessfully hawked MeeGo to HTC, RIM, Samsung and Motorola
Ever since Nokia struck that historic partnership with Microsoft to produce Windows Phone 7 handsets, the future of Linux-based OS MeeGo has looked increasingly ominous.

In recent weeks, it's fallen upon the shoulders of chip manufacturer Intel - which developed the platform in conjunction with the Finnish firm - to drum up support following Nokia's almost wholesale withdrawal of interest.

But, according to Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, Nokia itself has made efforts aplenty to hawk MeeGo to its rivals - efforts that, sadly for Intel, have been largely unsuccessful.

LG in, others out

As yet, only LG has formally declared an interest, albeit stopping short of announcing definitive plans beyond a series of car infotainment systems.

Other leading technology firms - including HTC, RIM, Samsung and Motorola - have also been targeted by Nokia, but each one has been reluctant to embrace the platform.

"One manufacturer was fairly interested in MeeGo and the others have their own plans, and they were not particularly interested in MeeGo," Elop said during his company's annual shareholder meeting on Tuesday, according to the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat.

"They were afraid that Nokia had too much power in MeeGo."

Nokia itself claims it will produce one MeeGo device in 2011, though the burden of responsibility for MeeGo's long-term future, including convincing those currently reticent to offer support, remains with Intel.

[source: FierceWireless]

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