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| VirtualLogix Launches Mobile eXperimentation Edition for Handsets VirtualLogix announces the availability of VLX Mobile eXperimentation Edition for Handsets. The freely available MX Edition allows customers to evaluate VirtualLogix's mobile handset solution and begin development without any investment risk. The opportunity to use virtualization technology in mobile handsets gives developers a competitive edge with the ability to add rich functionalities on low-cost feature and smart phones with the use of Linux. In addition, Linux can be introduced into mobile handsets while preserving proprietary software intellectual property from open source GPL requirements. According to ABI Research, an open, commercial operating system that supports third-party applications promotes competition in the software space and produces products that add value to the device. As an open operating system, Linux is proving to be disruptive to the handheld market by enabling feature and smart phones to securely adopt third-party applications. The Diffusion Group predicts that by 2010, the mobile Linux handset market share will grow to 26.6 percent, surpassing that of SymbianOS-based smart phones. The mobile handset industry is eager to adopt Linux in order to leverage the power of open platforms and the rapidly growing Linux mobile ecosystem to deliver lower cost, feature-rich mobile handsets and deliver innovative new services. VLX for Mobile Handsets, eXperimentation Edition is fully functional and enables customers to evaluate and discover the benefits of virtualization at no cost. VLX–MX is targeted at wireless devices using the ARM 9 core-based system-on-chips. It allows a commercial or proprietary real-time operating system and Linux operating system to run simultaneously on a single ARM926 core, without the need of an additional application processor. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Computing News :: home page |