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  • Open Letter to the Wholesale Applications Community

     

    Dear Industry Colleagues:

    Further to the public announcement of 15 February 2010, I am very pleased to write this open letter to the initiators of the Wholesale Applications Community on behalf of the Board of LiMo Foundation offering a) our full support, b) our committed participation, and c) our immediate practical assistance in a spirit of whole-industry cooperation.

    It is clear to us that the highly complementary areas of focus, shared belief in true openness and common industry vision create an exceptional opportunity for deep and long-term collaboration between LiMo Foundation and the Wholesale Applications Community to release unfettered innovation across the industry and fully ignite the mobile internet in a way that is compelling and life-enhancing to consumers everywhere.

    LiMo Foundation was launched in 2007 as a constitutionally open, transparent and non-discriminatory industry consortium with the sole purpose of collaboratively delivering a competitive Linux-based device software platform to the industry upon which commercial innovation can freely thrive without brand or business model conflict with the underlying platform. Since LiMo’s launch, three major releases...
  • LiMo Foundation Handset Lineup Expands With New Feature-Rich Devices From ELSE, NEC, Panasonic

    Newest LiMo handsets combine style, durability, and in-demand high-performance functionality

    BARCELONA, Spain, February 15, 2010 – LiMo Foundation™, a global consortium of leading companies from throughout the mobile industry, today announced new LiMo compliant handsets from manufacturers ELSE, NEC, and Panasonic Mobile Communications. These models bring the number of LiMo devices announced to date to fifty.

    “We welcome the arrival of these innovative new devices which attest to the richness and versatility of LiMo Platform,” said Morgan Gillis, executive director of the LiMo Foundation. “The continued growth of LiMo devices is further endorsement of LiMo’s vision, mission, and technologies.”

    Designed to appeal to consumers seeking elegant, feature-rich handsets, the new models combine next-generation functionality and reliable performance in an array of sleek, sophisticated device designs. Integrating advanced user interface technologies and critical functionality and reliability elements such as keypad-to-touchpad conversion, high-megapixel auto-focus cameras, waterproofing, and extended battery life will ensure a more immersive...
  • Mobile Industry Leaders Collaborate for On-Time Delivery of R3 LiMo Platform

    Latest release of mobile industry’s only independent handset platform imminently available

    BARCELONA, Spain, February 15, 2010 – LiMo Foundation, a global consortium of leading companies from throughout the mobile industry, today announced the imminent availability of the new R3 release of LiMo Platform. The updated platform features new support for Location Based Services (LBS) and contact management and extends existing features including support for application management, advanced UI and multimedia technologies, and enhanced security and networking.

    “Delivery of R3 of LiMo Platform is a further important delivery milestone and again for LiMo Foundation demonstrates that powerful likeminded companies can work together practically to create a common platform that is evolved and governed through a truly open and independent process,” said Morgan Gillis, executive director of LiMo Foundation. “This latest update to the LiMo Platform also furthers LiMo’s leadership in commercially unifying mobile Linux technologies for the benefit of the whole industry.”

First Impressions
Written by Michelle Foster, General Counsel, LiMo Foundation   
Monday, 14 December 2009 15:51

I have been in the position of General Counsel of LiMo for just over one month today and I am starting to feel like my impressions are no longer “first impressions” but still new!

I pulled up some notes on my impressions in my first weeks.   I remember thinking it felt like an organisation with clever, committed people.  I also have "lean" written in my notes.  Like many organisations today, there is more work to do than people to do it, but in LiMo spirits appear high and somehow people seem to get more done than seems possible to complete in a day.  I will certainly need to be running to keep up!

I also noticed that meetings here take place at the strangest times –like 11pm at night or 6 am in the morning.  I understand that this is a result of having members all over the world and trying to accommodate all of the different time zones.  This is truly the meaning and reality of being “always on”.

 

 

 

In early November (week one), I spent Friday in the LiMo office on Hammersmith Road in London meeting  colleagues, getting briefed and gearing up for the long journey to Korea where we  were to meet the Members of LiMo for the quarterly meeting.

It was not my first trip to Korea, as I had been there several times in the past.  I had enjoyed Korea on my previous trips as I had all of the Asian countries I have visited but I had not been in several years and I was curious to see if I would like it as much as I had previously.

Korea did not let me down on this trip.  There is a certain "vibe" in every country.   I like the combination of "old" and "new" that one feels so clearly in Korea.  The cool, chic and stylish youth sitting next to their wisened parents and grandparents.  The old architecture next to the modern new buildings!  Smatterings of Military presence making one aware that a neighbour with different ideals lies next door.

The Korean Special Interest Group KLEA (Korean Limo Ecosystem Association) being established warranted a ceremony and was an exciting event to attend during the trip.  The ceremony provided the LiMo group the benefit of being able to go to the Yeong Bin Gwan  building,  a famous building that was previously reserved for official functions.  At the dinner held afterwards, I was able to meet members of KLEA and other LiMo Members and share conversation, discuss views and get initial impressions on what their expectations were for their organizations and for LiMo over the next year.

I hope to continue these conversations over the next months and leading up to MWC in Barcelona in February next year.

 

 

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