Azingo to Demonstrate Advanced Mobile Linux Solution on TI's OMAP(TM) Platform at...

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Azingo to Demonstrate Advanced Mobile Linux Solution on TI's OMAP(TM) Platform at Computex

      Azingo's Mobile Linux Software Platform, Based on TI's OMAP
Platform, Delivers Power and Performance on Mobile Phones and Internet
                                Devices
TAIPEI, Taiwan--(Business Wire)--
Mobile Linux company Azingo, today announced that it will
demonstrate its Azingo Mobile Linux platform on the Texas Instruments,
Incorporated OMAP platform in the TI briefing suite at Computex, June
2nd - 5th in Taipei, Taiwan.

   The two companies are collaborating to provide mobile phone and
internet device manufacturers with a cost-effective Linux platform
based on LiMo Foundation software to deliver rich, personalized and
performance-optimized user experiences. Today, that platform -
featuring touch screen Internet browsing, web widget applications,
audio, video and personalized user applications - will be demonstrated
on a device featuring a TI OMAP3430 application processor.

   TI's OMAP platform provides a unique multi-engine architecture
ensuring high performance, non-interrupted delivery of
industry-leading voice, data and audio, multimedia applications with
very low power consumption. Azingo adds a complete mobile Linux
platform that includes a highly configurable user interface and web
2.0-enabled mobile applications suite, an SDK for applications
developers, and mobile Linux engineering services for high-speed
porting and customization capability.

   "We're very pleased to deliver a LiMo-based mobile Linux solution
for OMAP technology customers following so quickly on the heels of
TI's membership in the LiMo Foundation," said Mahesh Veerina, Azingo
CEO. "Through this collaboration, the cost advantages and faster
time-to-market opportunities of Azingo Mobile are now available for
one of the highest volume, most widely used processors in the market."

   "Azingo Mobile shares TI's commitment to high quality user
experiences from both an application and performance perspective,"
said Markus Tremmel, TI's worldwide wireless ecosystem manager.
"Because Azingo Mobile is specifically optimized for the OMAP
platform, manufacturers can immediately enjoy the benefit of easy
integration of the latest applications, while customers enjoy
exceptional multimedia performance."

   About the Texas Instruments Developer Network

   Azingo is a member of the TI Developer Network, a community of
respected, well-established companies offering products and services
based on TI analog and digital technology. The Network provides a
broad range of end-equipment solutions, embedded software, engineering
services and development tools that help customers accelerate
innovation to make the world smarter, healthier, safer, greener and
more fun. For more information, please visit www.ti.com/omap.

   About Azingo

   Azingo is a leading provider of open mobile phone software that
delivers Internet-enabled, rich user experiences to entertain, inform
and enrich the lives of mobile users worldwide. Azingo uniquely offers
a one-stop solution for designing and commercializing new mobile phone
products based on Linux, selling its Azingo Mobile platform together
with comprehensive engineering services that significantly reduce
development costs and shorten delivery schedules for chipset
manufacturers, handset manufacturers, integrators and operators.
Azingo is privately-held with headquarters in Sunnyvale, California.
Visit www.azingo.com.

   Azingo and the Azingo logo are trademarks of Azingo, Inc. OMAP is
a trademark of Texas Instruments. Other marks used herein are the
property of the respective owners.

Crowley Communications
Pam Crowley, 408-529-9655
pamc@crowleypr.com

Copyright Business Wire 2008

 

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