a la Mobile's Convergent Linux Platform Selected by GUPP for VoWiFi/GSM Smartphone

a la Mobile announced that GUPP Technologies has selected its Convergent Linux Platform to power GUPP's dual-mode VoWiFi/GSM Smartphone.

"Our success in signing the first customer shortly after the release of our Convergent Linux Platform version 1.0 on September 1, 2006 is an encouraging endorsement of a la Mobile's vision and positioning," said Pauline Lo Alker, President and CEO at a la Mobile, Inc. "With a complete Linux system stack readily adaptable to GUPP's handset hardware, from device drivers and Linux kernel to applications, a la Mobile enables GUPP to bypass a long and technically challenging development cycle, accelerating their time-to-market."

a la Mobile's Convergent Linux is the only operating system for mobile phones that enables a single software stack in binary form to move across different handsets - even those based on processors from different manufacturers - without tedious and costly porting or modifications, accelerating time to market and ensuring device software interoperability. The open nature of Convergent Linux provides handset manufacturers with the opportunity to choose the software components and functionality that are best-suited for their target customers.

The GUPP VoWiFi/GSM Smartphone is the first Dual-Mode Linux Smartphone to use a la Mobile's platform. Equipped with a full QWERTY keyboard, the handset will allow users to make SIP-based (Session Initiation Protocol) VoIP calls, browse the Internet, download music and send emails from any WFi hotspot.

The GUPP Smartphone will make its debut at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January 2007.

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