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Mobile World Congress Storms Barcelona


Confab in Catalonian capital captivates conventioneers

By P. J. Connolly
February 15, 2008 — 
Mobile Linux, a faster Bluetooth, and developer outreach were on the table at this year’s Mobile World Congress, which is taking place this week in Barcelona. Actor Robert Redford appeared as part of a “Mobile Backstage” presentation, and other highlights from the show included:

Access, a provider of platforms including the Garnet (formerly Palm) OS, announced the immediate availability of the Access Linux Platform Development Suite, an SDK with Eclipse-based tools available through a new developer portal. The suite also offers the Glade 3 interface editor, a simulator for Linux applications, a virtual telephony tool for simulating a carrier network, and other tools. The company also announced, in partnership with MontaVista Software, a pre-integrated software stack combining the Access Linux Platform with MontaVista’s Mobilinux.

ARM announced the launch of RealView Development Suite 3.1 Professional, designed to work with the company’s latest processors, including vectorizing compilation for its NEON processing engine that the company claims can improve multimedia application performance by over 200 percent from standard C code. It also announced new 2D vector graphics software under the Mali brand, including a foundational library and modules for use with JSR 226- and JSR 287-compliant software.

The Bluetooth SIG announced a new architecture that will improve performance by piggybacking Bluetooth protocols on top of 802.11 wireless networking, in a scheme dubbed “Alternate MAC/PHY.” The core specification is expected to be published to SIG members in mid-2009, and according the announcement, work is already well in hand.

The LiMo Foundation unveiled the first handsets based on its mobile Linux platform, which itself was unveiled on Feb. 4, along with supporting API specifications. Motorola, NEC, Panasonic and Samsung all announced the specific availability of LiMo Platform R1 phones, while Aplix, LG and Purple Labs announced prototype or reference implementations. The foundation also announced plans to provide Eclipse-based tooling in the second half of 2008 in a strategy designed to cover Java, native and Web-based SDKs. Executive director Morgan Gillis claimed that with new hardware as well as new members on board, “LiMo is positioned at the heart of an open mobile ecosystem that will connect developers with mobile consumers across all markets.”

Microsoft announced a new version of the Windows Live Mobile Developer Program, including new features in the company’s Mobile Services Protocol, and a new SDK that allows developers to create mobile versions of Windows Live Hotmail, Windows Live Messenger, and Windows Live Spaces that can work on any phone operating system. The company also announced the availability of Windows Live @mobile, which is meant to allow mobile operators to deploy a standard set of mobile services such as MSN Mobile or Windows Live for Mobile. At launch, it will be available in 46 countries, with expansion planned for the next year.

Motorola announced that it would license its WTM1000 mobile WiMAX chipset to third parties, along with intellectual property licenses for the company’s WiMAX patent portfolio.

Sony Ericsson unveiled its first line of mobile devices built on Windows Mobile, dubbed Xperia. The first of the new product family, the Xperia X1, is an arc slider phone with QWERTY keyboard, VGA display and optical joystick.

Wind River Systems demonstrated “early look” releases of the Open Handset Alliance’s Android platform on hardware from STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments, the latter in the form of the Zoom Mobile Development Kit from LogicPD. The company also announced that it would extend its partnership with Access and offer a pre-integrated Linux-based platform that combines Wind River’s Platform for Consumer Devices, Linux Edition with the Access Linux Platform. The combined platform allows the use of Eclipse-based development tools from either company, and is expected to become available in spring 2008.

Banding together
The LiMo Foundation announced two new members of its group dedicated to promoting a unified mobile Linux platform. They are:

Access, providers of the Garnet/Palm OS, as a Core member with a seat on the board
Orange, mobile operator, as a Founder member

Meanwhile, Access itself announced 11 new members of its Access Connect Ecosystem partner program. The group includes:

Arphic, developer of font technology
ChosenSecurity, PKI services provider
Cyberon, speech recognition specialist
Digital Aria, authors of Mobile Flash platform
Entrust Japan, digital ID services provider
Expway, developer of electronic service content guides
Gemini Mobile Technologies, community and messaging software
Matsushita, known to many as Panasonic
Navitime, in the fields of mapping and navigation
Stratus Technologies, infrastructure specialists
Wind River Systems, embedded platform provider


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