The more tech-savvy among you probably know that Android is based on the Linux kernel. But it is nothing like a typical Linux that you may have seen on PCs – or on smartphones. Nokia and Intel spent a lot of time and money trying to launch a Linux-based smartphone operating system. The Nokia N9 saw the two companies join forces to create MeeGo, the union of Nokia’s Maemo and Intel’s Moblin. However, it was caught between Symbian and Windows Phone and never lived up to its potential. There were followups like Samsung’s Tizen, a successor to MeeGo that powered some phones in the past,...
Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/flashback_phones_that_werent_part_3_making_a_new_smartphone_os_is_hard-news-59014.php
