Meego OS For Nokia N900 is updated regularly on the MeeGo Wiki for developers. As we all know the Nokia N900 is the first ARM device for Meego and Nokia want to make this the First phone that will get a MeeGo1.1 Update a Document we found on MeeGo WiKi shows the release Stages of the MeeGo1.1 and its Updates from 1.0.9.9 to 1.1.0.0.


MeeGo Development During September is Focusing on 1.0.90 and Begging the Release Candidate of MeeGo 1.0.99 during late September and Early October then a week After, the release candidate 2 and 3 of MeeGo 1.0.99 with the Preparation for the Final Release of the MeeGo 1.1.0.0 on October 21 - 27. Of course, the Nokia N900 will get the Update During that week-Period from Thursday (21/10/10) to Wednesday (27/10/10).

Originally Posted by msa

well, now that it seems we got a time-frame, i hope we dont get disappointed by pushbacks...
is this official-official?

Originally Posted by atilla

maybe true but i guess it will be another developer version,and pretty useless for the all day use

1.0.99.2 2010-10-14--2010-10-20 RTM: MeeGo 1.1 Release candidate 3 (release to marketing, prepare final announces) Details
1.1.0.0 2010-10-21--2010-10-27 GA, RTW: MeeGo 1.1 Release for Core, Netbooks, Handsets, ... (General availability, release to web)

RTM

The term "release to manufacturing" or "release to marketing" (both abbreviated RTM)—also known as "going gold"—is a term used to indicate that the software has reached a point that it is ready to or has been delivered or provided to the customer. It is typically used in certain retail mass-production software contexts - as opposed to a specialized software production or project in a commercial or government production and distribution - where the software is sold as part a bundle in a related computer hardware sale and typically where the software and related hardware is ultimately to be available and sold on mass/public basis at retail stores to indicate that the software has met a defined quality level and is ready for mass retail distribution. RTM could also mean in other contexts that the software has been delivered or released to a client or customer for installation or distribution to the related hardware end user computers or machines. The term does not define the delivery mechanism or volume; it only states that the quality is sufficient for mass distribution. The deliverable from the engineering organization is frequently in the form of a gold master CD used for duplication or to produce the image for the web.

RTM happens prior to general availability (GA) when the product is released to the public.

General availability

General availability or General Acceptance (GA) is the point where all necessary commercialization activities have been completed and the software has been made available to the general market either via the web or physical media.

Commercialization activities could include but are not limited to the availability of media world wide via dispersed distribution centers, marketing collateral is completed and available in as many languages as deemed necessary for the target market, the finishing of security and compliance tests, etc. The time between RTM and GA can be from a week to months in some cases before a generally available release can be declared because of the time needed to complete all commercialization activities required by GA.

Originally Posted by Reflektorfalke

It says:


As far as I know, RTM = Release To Manufacture
Version 1.1.0.0 as post Relase Candidate sounds also quite promising...
Have no idea what "GA" and "RTW" stands for, but I´d say the descriptions don´t sound useless for all day use at all...

BTW, this is how Microsoft celebrates RTM version of Win7 mobile http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/gadge...717018,00.html
(Sorry, its german, just watch the video ;-) )

Originally Posted by Milhouse

That release will just be with the stock MeeGo Handset UX, not the Nokia Handset UX - the stock MeeGo Handset UX is pretty uninspiring.