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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.”

LiMo Foundation: Generation Next
Written by Andrew Shikiar, Director of Global Marketing, LiMo Foundation   
Thursday, 24 September 2009 07:00

What a day today! We here at LiMo Foundation are very pleased to have issued two press announcements this morning: the first is a broad commitment from global operators on LiMo’s Board of Directors to deploy next-generation handsets based on the LiMo R2 and anticipated LiMo R3 platforms; the second is details the industry’s first such delivery of a LiMo R2 handset as brought to market by Vodafone and Samsung as part of Vodafone’s exciting announcement of Vodafone 360.

It goes without saying that these announcements are the culmination of countless hours of effort by all parties involved – a heartfelt ‘congratulations’ is in order for the dedicated teams at Vodafone and Samsung -- and also to the various other companies in LiMo that have contributed to development of the LiMo R2 Platform and/or to the landmark Vodafone 360 H1 by Samsung handset. There’s a great ecosystem taking root within LiMo – both in the sense of the broad array of companies that are contributing into the LiMo Platform, and also in the sense of the very imminent and very tangible commercial opportunity that is taking shape for LiMo members that are providing value-added technology and services for the LiMo solutions that are now coming to market.

Be sure to keep tabs on our blog later today and over the next several days for further updates and ‘insider’ perspectives from some of the members that have been leading these very exciting activities.

 

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