a la Mobile announced that its Convergent Linux Platform, the first complete and configurable operating system for mobile phones, is now available for customer evaluation. a la Mobile will showcase the Convergent Linux Platform to the industry with live product demos at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, August 15-17, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

a la Mobile's Convergent Linux is the only complete operating system (OS) for mobile phones with an entirely open and configurable platform. It is also the first mobile OS platform 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, thereby dramatically 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, functionality and device look-and-feel that are best-suited for their target customers.

"As an open, non-proprietary operating system, Linux provides flexibility and freedom of choice as well as a cost advantage that makes it compelling as a viable alternative to Windows Mobile, Symbian and other proprietary offerings," said Stacey Quandt, IT Analyst, Quandt Analytics. "A solution like a la Mobile's takes this advantage a step further by building in functionality that allows handset manufacturers to minimize the application platform fragmentation issues that have plagued the industry for years."