Purple Labs, a supplier of embedded Linux solutions for mobile phones, has announced that it has joined the LiMo Foundation, which is developing a Linux based software platform for mobile phones. In joining the LiMo Foundation as an Associate member, Purple Labs becomes the first commercial Linux platform for feature phones in the consortium.
The LiMo Foundation was initially founded by Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung Electronics, and Vodafone.
"LiMo Foundation is very pleased to welcome Purple Labs as a new Associate member. We are rapidly rolling out our open mobile terminal platform based on Linux and Purple Labs will undoubtedly help the Foundation to further extend its reach within the feature phones arena," said Morgan Gillis, executive director, LiMo Foundation.
"We are also pleased to see Purple Labs joining the LiMo Foundation efforts and helping to bring Linux to the mass market," added Guido Arnone, Director of Terminals Technology at Vodafone. "We believe Linux can become a relevant platform not just for smartphones but also for entry-level feature phones - thus the support of the Purple Labs team will add value to the LiMo Foundation."
Purple Labs has developed an optimised platform enabling Linux to run on low-cost feature phones. The company's comprehensive Linux suite, from Linux service package and middleware to mobile applications, is the first commercial solution running a single-core chipset architecture, allowing the development of low cost, entry-level phones.
Founded in 2001, Purple Labs offers a full Linux software suite to the wireless industry packaged as a customisable software solution or as part of full hardware and software reference design.
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Posted to the site on 3rd January 2008
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