SKY MobileMedia Offers Complete Applications Software Solution for Texas Instruments' Single-Chip OMAPV1035 EDGE Solution
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Companies Extend Collaboration to Next Generation of Mass-Market Feature Phones
SAN DIEGO and BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 11 / / - 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.
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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 www.skymobilemedia.com/
Source: SKY MobileMedia
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
Web site: www.skymobilemedia.com/ http://www.ti.com/omap
