Nokia leaves Meego in the middle of the lurch

Nokia has dropped its idea of launching a new smartphone based on the operating system Meego, sources reported.The possibility of Nokia switching over to some other operating system increased as the rumors were doing the rounds for some time now, sources informed.

Nokia does not see Meego’s inclusion in its smartphones a win-win strategy, which would imply that there would be only one Meego product in the market by end of 2011.

Meego was created only last year in a joint collaboration of Nokia and Intel. And at that time Nokia was placing high bets on Meego to battle their way through the high-end smartphone market, sources stated.

There are high chances of Nokia to adopt Microsoft’s Windows 7 or Google’s Android.

The largest mobile maker in numbers has witnessed a loss in its market share due to the advent of new players like Apple and Google who came well equipped with their handsome range of tablets and smartphones.

Nokia here completely missed the bus.