With MeeGo set to launch on ARM-based and Intel Atom-based devices this month, we grabbed a few minutes with Peter Schneider from Nokia recently to talk about MeeGo, the first fruit from the Nokia-Intel joint venture announced last June . MeeGo itself was announced at Mobile World Congress last month . It brought together the Moblin and Maemo operating systems from the two companies into a single open source OS. At the time, a joint statement said the open software platform "will accelerate industry innovation and time-to-market for a wealth of new internet-based applications and services and exciting user experiences." Schneider heads up the marketing effort at Nokia for MeeGo. The project is hosted by the Linux Foundation. Where does this leave Symbian? We asked Schneider, who has beenat Nokia since 2000, what the new OS meant for Symbian and future devices – will they still run Symbian? "We see Symbian and MeeGo as being quite separate. Symbian is strong...and will continue to have success on smartphones. MeeGo covers a different market
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