SYSOPENDIGIA announced that it will contribute to
open-source the software created and modified for the 3G Linux smartphone.
The SYSOPENDIGIA 3G Linux smartphone has been created using
Linux operating system and other open-source software components, as well as
commercially licensed Qtopia application platform and user interface from
Trolltech.
"We see that the only way for the mobile industry to
answer the rapidly growing need for new functionality and services is increased
re-use of existing software asset. Leveraging open-source software is a good
way to avoid re-implementing such functionality that is not important for
differentiation." says Tuukka Turunen, Director, Special Projects from
SYSOPENDIGIA.
"In SYSOPENDIGIA we have created for our customers and
partners a large amount of software the source code of which is publicly
available under various proprietary and open-source licenses. We do believe in
open-source and have worked a long time in utilizing it such a way that creates
added value to both our customers and the open-source community",
continues Jari-Pekka Heikkilä, Vice President of Smartphone unit SYSOPENDIGIA.
The source code to be contributed contains Linux kernel and
device drivers created and modified by SYSOPENDIGIA. The packages can be found
from Sourceforge.net under "SYSOPENDIGIA 3G Linux smartphone" project
in the "Operating System Kernels" category at the end of February
2008.
The hardware platform of the device is based on dual chip
architecture with Marvell PXA300 application processor and Ericsson WCDMA 3G
modem. Linux kernel version is 2.6.14 with Monahans/PXA patches from Marvell,
and Qtopia platform version is 4.3.