| 11 August LiMo News - Further Momentum, Devices, Members |
| Written by Andrew Shikiar |
| Tuesday, 11 August 2009 14:38 |
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LiMo is pleased to issue two important announcements today that further demonstrate LiMo’s growth and leadership in the open mobile device platform arena. The first announcement details the addition of 9 LiMo new compliant handset models from Panasonic and NEC – this now brings the total number of commercially produced LiMo devices to 42. These handsets feature an array of dazzling technologies that demonstrate the versatility of LiMo Platform as the foundation for a mobile operating system and also the breadth and depth of innovation within LiMo members that are contributing to the growth and evolution of the LiMo ecosystem. The second announcement welcomes two additional members into LiMo Foundation: KDDI and Immersion. With KDDI on board, LiMo now counts amongst its members 12 global operators representing nearly a billion mobile subscribers. Immersion’s expertise in haptic technologies has revolutionized the way that consumers interact with mobile and embedded devices – resulting in fascinating touch-screen experiences on a number of devices from leading OEMs around the globe. By joining LiMo Immersion has the opportunity to contribute its expertise and technology directly into the LiMo platform and ecosystem. Today’s announcements are just two examples of the maturation and expansion of the LiMo ecosystem; further realization of the commercial plans of LiMo members will become fully evident in the weeks and months ahead. Enabling all of this progress is LiMo’s independent governance model and business-model neutral stance, which encourages wide industry engagement and enables diverse commercial strategies from LiMo operators, OEMs and ISVs. We’ll look forward to sharing these developments with you through the LiMo blog, and also at upcoming industry events – LiMo will have an active presence at several venues in the remainder of 2009, including Open Source World, Open Source in Mobile, 4G World, MetaPlaces and Open Mobile Summit. If you’ll be at one of these events please make a point to come to our speaking sessions or demonstrations.
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