Intel and the Linux Foundation have said that MeeGo is still an ongoing project.
Intel said at the Mobile World Congress 2011 that Nokia’s open-source operating system MeeGo will continue.
Although the chipmaker termed Nokia’s decision to stop work on it as "disappointing", it insisted that MeeGo "was not an Intel and Nokia effort; it was an industry effort".
MeeGo will be used across devices from tablets and mobile phones to televisions and in-car entertainment systems, said the company.
Intel said that, with support from Linux and an established community of developers, the OS could assume a role that Google’s Android has. MeeGo and Android powered televisions are already on sale outside the UK.
Intel senior vice-president and general manager Renee James was quoted by The Telegraph as saying that the OS got to come third in the worst case.
James added, "We’re at the beginning of this race; MeeGo has just as much opportunity as anyone else, but our ability is to build innovative experiences and we’re going to continue to support Android and Windows Phone 7."
James said that MeeGo devices are already being shipped.
