MeeGo for Chrome Now Available, Targets Netbooks & Nettops

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By way of a brief heads up for those of you who have been following the development of MeeGo – we have covered MeeGo pretty extensively here on TFTS – as MeeGo V1.0 for Google’s Chrome browser, and which is specifically being targeted at netbooks and nettops, is now available to download.

Offering a UI that undoubtedly doffs its cap in the direction of Moblin, the MeeGo Netbook User Experience (to refer to it by its full, formal name), which has been ‘highly optimized for power and performance’, offers instant access to your synchronized calendar, tasks, appointments, recently used files and real-time social networking updates through the home screen.

MeeGo V1.0 Key Features:

• Visually rich Netbook user experience, building on the latest open source technologies.
• Instant access to your synchronized calendar, tasks, appointments, recently used files and real-time social networking updates through the home screen.
• Aggregation of your social networking content. This allows you to see your social networking activities on one screen, easily interact with your friends, and update your status and site information.
• For a fast and rich Internet experience the MeeGo Netbook user experience integrates Google Chrome or, if you prefer a fully open source browser solution, Google Chromium is also provided. Soon we will be releasing the MeeGo Handset user experience which will use the Fennec Mozilla Browser.
• Easy to use applications for email, calendar and media player.
• Highly optimized for power and performance.
• Languages: Japanese, Korean, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Swedish, Polish, Finnish, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, English, British English

In terms of hardware compatibility, MeeGo is touted as being suited for Atom based netbooks whilst, if you’re looking for total reassurance that your hardware and MeeGo will entirely play ball the following platforms have been tested and confirmed as being wholly compatible:

• Asus EeePC 901, 1000H, 1005HA, 1008HA, EeePC 1005PE, Eeetop ET1602
• Dell mini10v, Inspiron Mini 1012
• Acer Aspire One D250, AO532-21S, Revo GN40, Aspire 5740-6025
• Lenovo S10
• MSI U130, AE1900
• HP mini 210-1044
• Toshiba NB302

Those interested in giving MeeGo a try can gain further details from the official MeeGo site here.