Microsoft & Nokia deal: past the point of no return

Two months later, the "Elopocalypse" has officially been inked: What this means for the future of MeeGo is still up to the market to answer, and although there have been some notable new companies joining the project, companies join trade groups to hedge their bets. No one has yet stepped forward to make MeeGo as strategically important to their business as Nokia did. With the MeeGo division in Nokia effectively reverting back to 770 days (Valtteri Halla and Sakari Poussa being two notable losses), and still no new hardware or software in sight, things don't look hopeful. Hopefully next month's conference in San Francisco will re-energise the community and commercial partners.



In this edition...

1. Front Page
   • Microsoft & Nokia dealing: past the point of no return
2. Applications
   • Using Queen BeeCon to get an HTC-style clock/weather homescreen widget
   • Sygic's "Aura" maps update not coming to Maemo
   • Updates to NewsFlow - multi-platform Google Reader client
3. Development
   • Status and plans for developer.meego.com
   • Quick fixes for impressive QML performance gains
   • Systemd for MeeGo 1.3
   • Submit your apps for a UX makeover
4. Community
   • Italian MeeGo Day in March a success
   • Cambridge MeeGo Meeting, April 20th
   • Cheap hotels for San Francisco MeeGo Conference
   • San Francisco MeeGo Conference travel visas
   • maemo.org certificates expiring, again
5. Devices
   • News on MeeGo Developer Edition for N900
6. Announcements
   • SpiderOak online storage client for N900
   • Conky Layout Switcher