Framework helps develop mobile phone handsets

Lenovo Mobile has chosen the Sasken Communication Technologies' Application Framework as its application system of choice for development of feature phones.

Lenovo Mobile has chosen the Sasken Communication Technologies' Application Framework as its application system of choice for development of feature phones based on the OMAP-Vox platform from Texas Instruments.

As a result, the Sasken Application Framework provides Lenovo with a system that is completely reusable and scalable across the entire range of Lenovo's portfolio of handsets on both the TI platforms.

The Sasken Application Framework offers rich media-phone features such as video record and play, audio-video streaming, Bluetooth stereo headsets, touchpad with handwriting recognition, as well as messaging solutions and HTML browser, among other features.

The smart design and intelligence of the Sasken Application Framework exploits the strengths and scalability of TI's platforms and the phone design capabilities of Lenovo thereby delivering excellent media performance without the need for coprocessors.

Furthermore, the Sasken Application Framework will enable Lenovo to flexibly reuse software across phone designs and categories without losing either maturity or the ability to customise the look and feel to reflect the Lenovo brand.

Edwin Moses, Vice President and Head of the Products Division, Sasken says: "The speed with which we have been able to port the Sasken Application Framework from the TI reference platforms to the Lenovo platform is an exciting offering to our customers and yet again demonstrates the resulting benefits - shorter time to market and lower total cost of ownership".

"Being chosen by Lenovo, the leading Chinese OEM, is proof of Sasken's leadership in next generation Application Frameworks".

"We are delighted to be chosen as a partner by Lenovo." The Sasken Application Framework empowers phone manufacturers to create differentiated mobile phones by enabling software reuse and portability across phone designs and platforms.

The innovative and smart design, along with the extensive tool suite, simplifies the handset manufacturers' ability to add and remove features in accordance with the segment of the market that they wish to address with their phones.

It enables OEM's and ODM's to customise the look and feel of the phones within short time spans without disturbing the underlying software logic.

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