14 DAY TRIAL // ARM and six other companies decided to set the base for a collaboration that will result in the development of a Linux-based open source platform for next-generation mobile applications. The agreement has been set on the occasion of the fourth annual ARM Developers' Conference, which was held this week in Santa Clara, California.
This is only one of the many efforts being made by a large number of telecom companies at this time, for making the best of the great potential that mobile Linux has to offer. This operating system proves to be just the right thing in order to offer a possibility for developers to create new applications that should make the best of what mobile phones have to offer.
The new partnership builds on the ARM architecture and its Partners to deliver a standards base platform based on Linux. Its adoption will take place later on through ARM's associated vendors, such as Marvell, MontaVista, Mozilla, Samsung and Texas Instruments. The new platform will be based on Linux, Gnome Mobile and Mozilla Firefox and will concern both the operating system and browser ecosystem.
"By stepping up the collaboration among key stakeholders in the mobile market, we will be able to jointly deliver the devices and applications with the cutting-edge innovation consumers have come to expect", said Mike Inglis, executive vice president, Sales and Marketing of ARM. Moreover, "Today's consumers are very knowledgeable about technology, want to be connected to the Internet and access multimedia content and applications anywhere, at anytime, yet they do not want to be restricted by short battery life and inadequate features that will limit their experiences", he further added.
ARM and its Partners plan to release a full platform in the near future. This could happen as soon as in early 2008, with the devices entering the market in early 2009. The companies see this only as a start, with even more efforts being deployed for making this platform better after being released.