The LiMo Foundation, a global consortium of mobile leaders delivering an open handset platform for the whole mobile industry, has announced a comprehensive Software Development Kit (SDK) strategy that will revolutionize swift app development. The new strategy encompasses Native, Java, and Webkit SDKs, setting out a developer roadmap that will empower a diverse set of developers to innovate successfully within the mobile communications marketplace.
LiMo's open approach recognizes the diverse strengths and talents of existing open developer communities, enabling them to explore and work with advanced programming models within an open-source environment. The SDK suite will roll out from H2 2008, providing common Eclipse-based tooling environments for widespread development of software for LiMo handsets coming to market from Q4 2008.
The announcement comes as LiMo Foundation celebrates its one-year anniversary since launch, with a strong wave of new members and 18 initial LiMo handsets from 7 vendors. The organization's strategy is built on the recent publication of APIs, which have been made available to all mobile developers. The R1 LiMo Platform itself is scheduled to be completed in March 2008.
"The APIs for the first release of the LiMo Platform were recently made available to all mobile developers, and the R1 LiMo Platform itself is scheduled to be completed in March 2008," said Hankil Yoon, vice president of Linux Platform and Devices at Samsung and chairperson of LiMo's Architecture Council. "Today's announcement is yet another positive step for the LiMo Foundation and the entire mobile community as our SDK strategy will attract significant developer engagement and exposure to the LiMo Platform, thereby stimulating a new wave of innovation in mobile applications, services, and next-generation user experiences."
The SDK suite is being readied by LiMo board members, including ACCESS CO. LTD, Aplix Corporation, Azingo, Motorola, and Wind River, with further strategic SDK partners to be announced in the near future.
"Aplix is very excited by the progress LiMo Foundation has made," said John Rizzo, vice president, Technology Strategy of Aplix Corporation. "Aplix's goals are to meet the full needs of Java ECO system and Java runtime environments that are required by commercial LiMo products."
LiMo's technology will be showcased in Booth 8b135, Hall 8 at Mobile World Congress, February 11-14 in Barcelona.
About LiMo Foundation
LiMo Foundation is a dedicated consortium of mobile industry leaders working together within an open and transparent governance model-with shared leadership and shared decision making-to deliver an open and globally consistent handset software platform based upon Mobile Linux for use by the whole mobile industry.