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Broad SDK Strategy Builds on Recent Publication of
APIs to Set Out Developer Roadmap
Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain, February 11, 2008 — LiMo Foundation,
a global consortium of mobile leaders delivering an open handset platform for
the whole mobile industry, today announced the roll out of a comprehensive
Software Development Kit (SDK) strategy encompassing Native, Java and Webkit
SDKs.
“Announcing a further strong wave of new LiMo members and 18 initial
LiMo handsets from 7 vendors at Mobile World Congress demonstrates that LiMo
has attracted wide industry engagement since its launch one year ago”
said Morgan Gillis, executive director of LiMo Foundation. “With the
lineup of prestigious mobile industry leaders and innovators that now stands
behind the platform, LiMo is positioned at the heart of an open mobile
ecosystem that will connect developers with mobile consumers across all markets.
LiMo’s open approach and broad SDK strategy recognizes the diverse
strengths and talents of existing open developer communities—empowering
a diverse set of developers to innovate successfully within the mobile
communications marketplace.”
LiMo’s SDK suite will roll out from H2 2008 and provide common
Eclipse-based tooling environments for supporting widespread development of
software for LiMo handsets coming to market from Q4 2008. It will enable
mobile software suppliers to concentrate on developing their own value-added
technologies, while enabling developers to explore and work with advanced
programming models within an open-source environment. The SDK suite is being
readied by LiMo board members, including ACCESS CO. LTD, Aplix Corporation,
Azingo, Motorola and Wind River, and further strategic SDK partners will be
announced in the near future.
“The APIs for the first release of the LiMo Platform™ were
recently made available to all mobile developers, and the R1 LiMo Platform
itself is scheduled to be completed in March 2008,” commented Hankil
Yoon, vice president of Linux Platform and Devices at Samsung and chairperson
of LiMo’s Architecture Council, who is leading the SDK initiative.
“Today’s announcement is yet another positive step for the LiMo
Foundation and the entire mobile community as our SDK strategy will attract
significant developer engagement and exposure to the LiMo Platform, thereby
stimulating a new wave of innovation in mobile applications, services and
next-generation user experiences.”
“ACCESS has accumulated extensive experience in the provision of
SDKs and technical support for large developer communities,” said Toru
Arakawa, president and chief executive officer of ACCESS. “We have
recently joined the Board of LiMo Foundation because we can see rapid
industry wide take up of the LiMo Platform and we intend to make strategic
contributions that will benefit the whole LiMo ecosystem—starting with
a comprehensive Native SDK.”
“Aplix is very excited by the progress LiMo Foundation has made,”
said John Rizzo, vice president, Technology Strategy of Aplix Corporation.
“Aplix's goals are to meet the full needs of Java ECO system and Java
runtime environments that are required by commercial LiMo products.”
“The LiMo Foundation selected Azingo to provide advanced mobile Linux
technologies to power its Common Integration Environment (CIE) and now
we’re pleased to be extending these technologies to power LiMo’s
SDK,” said Mahesh Veerina, CEO of Azingo. “Azingo Mobile is an innovative
and comprehensive mobile platform based on LiMo’s software that is
achieving broad industry support. We will leverage our innovations to help
LiMo provide an SDK that can help developers create new applications for web
2.0, music, video, vivid graphics and more.”
“As a founding member of the LiMo Foundation and a leader in
Linux-based mobile devices, Motorola is proud to contribute our technical
knowledge in platform and tool creation to support the development of these
SDKs—including driving the requirements behind the WebKit SDK,”
said Christy Wyatt, Vice President, Software Platforms & Ecosystem,
Motorola.
“Wind River is pleased that LiMo Foundation will extend the Common
Integration Environment (CIE) based on Wind River's commercial Linux
technology to enable LiMo's SDK suite for application developers,” said
Jason Whitmire, general manager of mobile solutions at Wind River.
“LiMo's CIE provides the foundation for integrating and managing
platform software contributions, and Wind River will work with LiMo Core
Members to provide additional tools to facilitate integration and management
of application code contributions from OEMs, ISVs and the open source
community to support LiMo's rapidly evolving mobile phone stack and
ecosystem.”
Launched in January 2007, LiMo Foundation is open to all vendors and service
providers in the mobile communications marketplace, including device
manufacturers, operators, chipset manufacturers, independent software
vendors, integrators and third-party developers. For more information on the
LiMo Foundation and its guiding principles and bylaws, please visit www.limofoundation.org.
LiMo’s technology will be showcased in Booth 8b135, Hall 8 at Mobile
World Congress, February 11-14 in Barcelona.
About LiMo Foundation
LiMo Foundation is a dedicated consortium of mobile industry leaders working
together within an open and transparent governance model—with shared
leadership and shared decision making—to deliver an open and globally
consistent handset software platform based upon Mobile Linux for use by the
whole mobile industry. A full description of LiMo, including its vision,
goals, charter and membership information, can be found at www.limofoundation.org.
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