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Friday, August 10, 2007
LiMo gets more endorsers
Aplix, Celunite, LG Electronics, McAfee, Wind River, ARM, Broadcom, Ericsson, Innopath Software, KTF Co., MontaVista and NXP have now joined as well, according to Mobile Linux group gets wider support.
'A standard platform not just promises to reduce development time for new cell phones but could also provide a common platform on which to build applications so expenses can be lowered.'
The most critical benefit is cross-device application compatibility for all players, including the manufacturers, as it would also be better for them to be able to choose from low-cost off-the-shelf products, instead of having to develop applications on their own or integrate "middle ware" applications. It's also critical that end-users can install such applications after phone purchase. Just see how Opera Mini has changed what's expected from browsers on featurephones. Without a standard platform (in this case Java/MIDP) that would never have happened.
'A standard platform not just promises to reduce development time for new cell phones but could also provide a common platform on which to build applications so expenses can be lowered.'
The most critical benefit is cross-device application compatibility for all players, including the manufacturers, as it would also be better for them to be able to choose from low-cost off-the-shelf products, instead of having to develop applications on their own or integrate "middle ware" applications. It's also critical that end-users can install such applications after phone purchase. Just see how Opera Mini has changed what's expected from browsers on featurephones. Without a standard platform (in this case Java/MIDP) that would never have happened.
