The OSiM Maemo Developer Session today has previewed interesting topics to be discussed in detail tomorrow at the Maemo Summit. Below are some updates and some of the new and updated technologies that we can expect in future Maemo devices:

Newly adopted technologies:

• Meta Tracker - content search and metadata tools
• Pulse Audio - sound server replacing ESD & ALSA
• OHM - Hardware management daemon
• gUPnP - seamless connectivity between devices
• upstart - fast system boot & stop

Updated technologies:

• Gecko - now integrated with mozilla.org
• Bluez - now with A2DP
• gstreamer - now with openMAX
• GTK+ - pushing mobile optimization
• Telepathy - now with Farsight2

New contributions to the open source community:

• to kernel.org:
  • HSPA/3G enablers for OMAP3 -> kernel.org
• to garage.maemo.org:
  • stlc45xx.aka - the much awaited WLAN driver
  • DSME - hardware watchdog & thermal monitoring
  • MIDAS - media player application framework
  • Calendar engine - iCal RFC 2445 implementation

Maemo Fremantle:

• SDK to be released soon
• list of packages now available
• incremental weekly releases unitl final version