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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.”
Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way
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Written by Dr Phillip Carter, Head of Vodafone Integrated Terminal Products and Vice-Chairperson of the LiMo Board   
Thursday, 24 September 2009 14:00

Have you ever stood at the precipice of a decision, knowing that your next step would have significant, irreversible impact? 2007 marked such a moment for the mobile industry – as the founding companies of LiMo Foundation introduced a new organization that while highly complex in its advanced governance, is quite simple and intuitive in its core objective, which is to encourage collaboration in order to foster innovation.

LiMo’s core values, principles, and mission remain unchanged since that date: creation of a competitive, Linux-based software platform for mobile devices, fostered collaboratively and endorsed by the mobile industry at large. And these tenets clearly have resonated – since the public launch of LiMo, dozens of other companies have joined the organization and have helped shape the LiMo Platform. With more than 40 LiMo-compliant handsets deployed in the marketplace, the LiMo Platform made the rapid leap from being just a bright idea to a proven commercial success.

We are once again facing a watershed moment, a defining point in time marking the next stage of evolution for the mobile industry. We at Vodafone, along with our fellow LiMo operator members NTT DOCOMO, Orange, SK Telecom, Telefonica, and Verizon Wireless, are pleased to collectively announce plans to deploy new mobile devices based upon LiMo Platform Release 2 (R2), and the planned 2010 Release 3 (R3). The new handsets will reflect the LiMo Platform’s versatile nature – ranging from highly efficient mass-market phones to highly advanced smartphones incorporating the latest touchscreen, social networking, and rich media technologies.

As the famed American revolutionary, Thomas Paine once said, “Lead, follow, or get out of the way,” we at Vodafone have chosen to lead. We are pleased that a critical part of our announcement today of the Vodafone 360 service is the industry’s first LiMo R2 handset: the Vodafone 360 H1 by Samsung, a high-spec device delivering top-end performance, advanced features, lightweight design, and sleek, intuitive access to Vodafone 360 mobile services. This important handset could only be built on a true Industry Platform that is free from technology or business model conflict – as is uniquely the case with the LiMo Platform.

 
 
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