SAN FRANCISCO (Business Wire) -- Movial, the company that inspires rich, intuitive Internet experiences, today announced it has joined LiMo Foundation, the global consortium of mobile leaders delivering an open handset platform for the whole mobile industry. As part of its commitment to the Linux mobile community, Movial has also unveiled it is open sourcing an innovative technology, Browser D-Bus Bridge, that enables Web developers and designers, operators and device manufacturers for the first time ever, to easily create extremely capable User Interfaces (UI) that transform Web widgets into seamless user driven mobile applications providing new, value-added and differentiated services and superior user experiences.
"Movial is proud to participate in LiMo and contribute to the soaring success of the LiMo platform and the continued growth of the Linux mobile community," said Tomi Rauste, president of Movial Creative Technologies. "The goals of LiMo and those of Movial are in lock step - to reduce complexity, development costs and fragmentation in the market while providing a richer mobile ecosystem through the contributions of leading industry partners."
Browser D-Bus Bridge, Movial's innovative open source contribution to the Linux mobile community, translates HTML and Javascript commands to D-Bus commands (Desktop Bus). The highly popular D-Bus is also used by the LiMo Foundation for inter-process communication (IPC) between applications and services. Movial's Browser D-Bus Bridge can provide a browser-based UI for the LiMo stack and makes it possible for applications to initiate platform services, like media engines and instant messaging engines on mobile devices enabling Web developers and designers, operators and device manufacturers to add browser-based User Interfaces easily.
"Movial is recognized in the industry as a leading contributor to the Linux kernel, for creating Scratchbox and for its work with Gnome Mobile and ARM," said Morgan Gillis, executive director of LiMo Foundation. "We are deeply pleased to have Movial join LiMo and share its expertise and understanding of what it takes to accelerate the delivery of new and compelling mobile services. Movial's Browser D-Bus Bridge contribution to the Linux mobile community is exemplary of the spirit of LiMo members."
With Movial's Browser D-Bus Bridge, members of the Linux mobile community will now be able to create custom User Interfaces that are not only Web widgets, but rich and usable main applications. These applications will blur the lines between local and external services, creating innovative on-device mashups.
"Movial has developed innovative products that provide an easy way to have Web technologies use local services via D-Bus," said Kerry McGuire, director of Strategic Alliances, OS and Browser Technologies, ARM. "Movial's open source contribution should enable application developers and operators to innovate and create a new range of services and applications exploiting unique features of mobile devices together with the Internet."
Running on WebKit and Mozilla engines, Movial expects to deliver the code to the Linux mobile community within 90 days.
A pioneer in mobile Linux-based solutions, Movial harnesses its extensive understanding of mobile user behavior to design personalized user experiences, from device concept and interface design, to systems integration, third-party application integration, and product maintenance and support. The company's rich and robust Internet Experience Suite, Movial IXS, is available as a white-label product to device manufacturers and operators worldwide.
Device manufacturers and operators rely on Movial's products and custom consulting services to help increase ROI and streamline and speed product development utilizing open Linux platforms and ready-to-use applications. Movial IXS Toolkit, an incredibly easy to use Linux SDK, leverages the existing skills of Web developers and designers to build incredibly fast mobile device User Interfaces. Movial IXS Toolkit lets Web developers use familiar Web publishing tools and the latest Web 2.0, Ajax JavaScript and XML technologies to deliver exciting user interfaces in dramatically shorter timeframes. Movial IXS Toolkit allows operators to bring their own services, such as online music stores and location based services, to the end device.
To schedule a media or analyst briefing with Tomi Rauste, president of Movial Creative Technologies at LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in San Francisco, CA August 4-7, 2008 at the Moscone Center or for further inquiries, please contact Ilona Mohacsi at (631) 764-3729, or via e-mail at ilona@abelsongroup.com.
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. A full description of LiMo, including its vision, goals, charter, guiding principles, bylaws, and membership information, can be found at www.limofoundation.org.
About Movial Corporation
Movial inspires rich, intuitive Internet experiences for companies embracing transformational technologies. Leveraging its deep expertise in Internet, Linux, and mobile devices, Movial seamlessly enables its customers to deliver richer user experiences to millions of people on PCs and on mobile devices. Movial's device creation, Internet communications applications, and design for digital services are generating revenue for industry leaders such as ARM, Ericsson, Nokia, Telefonica, and Orange. By delivering highly-intuitive and compelling user experiences, Movial has become the trusted source for enriching the way people interact every day. For more information, visit http://www.movial.com.
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