Video review of the developer device under OS MeeGo from Intel - Aava Mobile
The video below presents a rather extensive overview of the Aava Mobile hardware along with software stuffing in the form of MeeGo OS 1.1. The device considers itself the First Free Device in the World (as stated on their website). The company was founded in 2009 with the goal of developing an open-source device for the OEM / ODM market. I’ll just make a reservation that the mortal device is not very accessible (as I understood from the video, you can buy it, referring to the fact that you are a developer, but it will be expensive). For those who already have an idea about the device, I propose to immediately see the video, just interested just ask first to look under the cat.
Well, since you continued to read this post, you probably want to look at the specifications:
Feature
Notes
Processor
Intel® Atom ™ (code name Moorestown)
Modem
ST-E
Display
854x480 3.8 "TFT
Touch screen
Capacitive, extended
Network
GSM / EDGE quad band WCDMA triple-band (Band I, II and V) 2 Mbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link
WiFi / BT
Yes
GPS
Yes
Sensors
Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor, 3D compass, Accelerometer
Vibra
Yes
Haptic feedback
Yes
USB
Yes
Sdio
microSD
Videooconferencing camera
2MP resolution
Still image camera
5 megapixel (optional 8 megapixel) and LED flash
FM Radio
Yes
Mic
Stereo (echo and background noise cancellation)
Speakers
Stereo
Side keys
Hard keys: Power on / off, function, volume up / down, 2-step camera button.
Now, turn to the key points from the video. As I have already said, the device is not intended for end users, but for developers under MeeGo - in particular, the main debugging of the system takes place on it (and not on the Nokia N900, however some comrades who own this phone would have liked). Aava mobile is built on the Intel Moorestown platform - a new Atom line for mobile devices. The processor here operates at a frequency of 1.5 GHz.
We now turn to the software part - MeeGo OSE version 1.1 (although, most likely 1.0.80.9). At the moment, much is not implemented in it, stubs hang in place of most applications. The system is something derived from the merger of Maemo and Moblin. ')
From the “working” there are contacts, pictures (there is no multitouch yet, for some reason the zoom did not work either, but they are scrolling relatively quickly), the browser is Mozilla Fennec 1.1b with flash support.
Switching between applications is quite unusually implemented - a kind of mix of a task manager from May and the effect of a compise with a “ring of applications.” I do not know how comfortable it will be, as long as it looks just beautiful. I like the implementation of switches in May.
A couple of words about the browser - according to the tester, he sets a record among mobile devices in the SunSpider benchmark at 4215ms (still, with a 1.5-GHz processor).
And in conclusion, I want to remind N900 users that they should not put MeeGo on their phones, because there is nothing to catch there. OS release promise in October 2010.