Companies Extend Collaboration to Next Generation of Mass-Market Feature
Phones
SAN DIEGO and BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- SKY MobileMedia
announces today that the SKY-MAP(TM) Mobile Applications Software Platform
has been integrated with TI's OMAPV1035 single-chip GSM/GPRS/EDGE solution.
This pre-integrated system enables TI's OEM and ODM customers to rapidly
develop, customize, and launch feature-rich handsets based upon the
OMAPV1035 single-chip solution.
"SKY MobileMedia is a leader in providing complete software solutions
to the wireless industry, so TI is pleased that SKY-MAP is now available on
the OMAPV1035 solution," said Victor Epifani, General Manager,
GSM/GPRS/EDGE Business Unit, Texas Instruments. "Combined with TI's
OMAP-Vox and DRP(TM) single-chip technology, this solution will reduce
time-to-market and R&D costs for our customers designing the next
generation of feature phones."
Building upon the market leadership of the SKY-MAP solutions for TI's
LoCosto(TM) platform and OMAPV1030 solution, the SKY-MAP software solution
for the OMAPV1035 single-chip solution includes the market-tested SKY-MMI
which provides call management and PIM functions, SMS, and support for
multiple Asian and European languages, as well as the market-proven SKY-MAP
middleware engines for browsing, MMS, and more. SKY-MAP multimedia
functionality includes music, camera, video support and multimedia
streaming which will take advantage of the high data rates enabled by TI's
EDGE technology. Modular SKY- MAP applications and engines for email, DRM,
data synchronization, Java, and 2D graphics such as Flash-lite and SVG are
also available. In addition, the SKY-MAP solution is supported by SKY's
powerful RapidPLUS(TM) development and customization tools, enabling
handset OEMs and ODMs to rapidly design and test highly-differentiated and
uniquely branded handsets.
Built on TI's successful OMAP(TM) processor technology, the
OMAP-Vox(TM) family of solutions merges both modem and applications
functionality onto the existing OMAP architecture. Additionally, these
solutions share a common software platform that can be re-used for a
variety of growing market requirements, thus saving manufacturers years of
software design effort and bringing overall development costs down.
"SKY-MAP has established itself as a leading software solution on TI's
chipset solutions, and SKY is very excited to extend our successes to the
innovative OMAPV1035 processor", said Naser Partovi, CEO of SKY
MobileMedia. "SKY-MAP provides a single software platform across all of
TI's cellular technologies, allowing applications software and MMI re-use
as TI's OEM and ODM customers migrate to the OMAPV1035 solution."
Availability
SKY-MAP is deployed on TI-based production phones today. The SKY-MAP
solution for the OMAPV1035 solution is available for new handset programs
and will be on display at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona February
11-14, 2008 in the TI booth #8A84.
SKY MobileMedia is a member of TI's OMAP(TM) Developer Network, a group
of leading software developers porting advanced applications to TI's high
performance, power-efficient OMAP processors. Handset manufacturers
adopting OMAP devices enjoy the rapid deployment of compelling wireless
applications - including streaming audio and video, multimedia messaging,
gaming, security, speech recognition, location based services and mobile
commerce - across all leading operating systems. Systems level integration
services are also provided worldwide by independent OMAP Technology
Centers. The OMAP platform has been selected by leading manufacturers, such
as Nokia, Palm, NEC, Fujitsu, LG Electronics, Hewlett-Packard, Sendo, HTC
and many more, for their 2.5 and 3G wireless devices. For more information,
please visit http://www.ti.com/omap.
Trademarks:
OMAP is a trademark of Texas Instruments. Other product or service
names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.
About SKY MobileMedia, Inc. - Enabling Innovation in Multimedia
Communications.(TM)
SKY MobileMedia is the leading provider of complete pre-integrated
turnkey software solutions for wireless handsets. SKY's market-tested
application software platform, SKY-MAP(TM), has been commercially deployed
in over 20 million phones worldwide. SKY-MAP brings together all of the
applications software elements required for mass-market handsets, including
a complete reference MMI and applications suite, SKY-MMI,
standards-compliant middleware engines, and the PC-based RapidPLUS(TM) set
of MMI and applications software development and customization tools.
Headquartered in San Diego, California, SKY has additional development
centers in Europe, Israel, and India, as well as customer support centers
in Taiwan and China. For more information visit
http://www.skymobilemedia.com
SKY MobileMedia Contact:
Elizabeth Rose
Director of Marketing, Strategic Business and Alliances
(T) +1-858-259-0415, ext. 2236
(F) +1-858-259-0417
erose@skymobilemedia.com
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Related links:
http://www.skymobilemedia.com
http://www.ti.com/omap
CONTACT:
Elizabeth Rose, Director of Marketing,
Strategic Business and Alliances of SKY MobileMedia,
+1-858-259-0415, ext. 2236, fax, +1-858-259-0417,
erose@skymobilemedia.com
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