Press Releases
08.05.2008
Aplix’s JBlend™ solution deployed in OMNIA,
Samsung’s newest mobile phone
Tokyo, Japan – August 5, 2008-
Aplix Corporation (TSE: 3727) announced today that its JBlend MVM (multitasking virtual machine) solution for the Windows Mobile Platform will be deployed in OMNIA(SGH-i900), the newest mobile phone by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
OMNIA, meaning ‘everything’ in Latin and ‘wish’ in Arabic, goes beyond the current top-of-the-line features available in today’s mobile phones.Equipped with full touch screen and various multimedia features, it brings together high performance business content, top of the range style and a fun, dynamic multi-media experience, to ensure consumers are always connected both at home and at work.
Aplix and Samsung have been working closely on the MVM core development which targets the European markets. JBlend MVM on the Windows Mobile Platform delivers seamless user experience, maintains superior performance, and provides comprehensive JSR support. Also, Aplix has collaborated with ARM to integrate ARM Mali-SVGt and Mali-JSR226 into this JBlend MVM, adding the capability to run rich SVG content. The usability of Java on the Windows Mobile Platform is greatly extended with the availability of JBlend MVM, which has shown high performance on benchmark tests on the platform.
The first platform commercial launch with JBlend MVM is scheduled by early Q4 this year.Samsung will work with JBlend MVM for its upcoming Windows Mobile products.
According to market research by Nomura, the Windows Mobile Platform market is projected to increase to 22 million units in 2008, 36.6 million in 2009, and up to 48.6 million in 2010.
OMNIA with
JBlend MVM solution launched in South East Asian market from mid June
and will be available in European countries shortly.
- About Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2007 consolidated sales of US$103.4 billion. Employing approximately 150,000 people in 134 offices in 62 countries, the company consists of four main business units: Digital Media Business, LCD Business, Semiconductor Business, and Telecommunication Business. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com.
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About Aplix Corporation
Aplix Corporation is the global leader in deploying Java™ technology in mobile phones. Aplix was first established in 1986 and has been a Sun Java licensee since 1996. Aplix was publicly listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Mothers) in 2003. On August 24, 2004 Aplix and the Taiwan based company iaSolution finalized the integration of the corporations. JBlend™, the flagship product by Aplix, is a software platform capable of executing smoothly and securely Java applications within digital devices such as mobile phones. Our Java platform is being adopted by the world’s top manufacturers, powering over 455 million mobile devices as of March 2008, and still growing.
Headquarters: Tokyo
Other offices: San Francisco, Munich, London, Taipei, Shanghai, Beijing, Seoul, Yokosuka, and Okinawa
For more information, please visit: www.aplixcorp.com/
*Windows Mobile is registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
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