Leading mobile players demonstrate early look of Android at Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona

February 11-14, 2008
Barcelona, Spain

February 11, 2008

Leading mobile players demonstrate early look of Android at Mobile World Congress 2008. See how Android is now available on many different mobile hardware platforms.

In a show of broad momentum behind Android, members of the Open Handset Alliance™ and several other companies will be showing early look implementations of the platform on various reference hardware in Barcelona. These firms ported the same software onto different hardware with little to no modifications of the core stack, highlighting the strong early interest that Android has generated and the portability of its design.

The companies who are showing demonstrations include:

Open Handset Alliance members

Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.
Marvell is demonstrating the Android Mobile Phone Platform running on its high performance, low power ARM-based integrated 3G communications processor, delivering cutting-edge productivity and entertainment applications and Web 2.0 services.
Qualcomm Inc.
Come see how Android takes full advantage of the Qualcomm MSM7201A's capabilities - integrated ARM11-based application processor, high-speed HSDPA/HSUPA wireless connectivity, blazing fast WVGA video performance and stunning 2D & 3D graphics acceleration.
Texas Instruments
TI will be showing two exciting demonstrations of Android on:
  1. OMAP850 - an integrated single chip modem + applications processor, along with TI’s WiLink™ and BlueLink™ solutions, on a live prototype handset
  2. OMAP3430 - TI's flagship applications processor
Both demonstrations re-affirm TI's committment to open source initiatives like the Open Handset Alliance, and offer consumers/customers/operators with seamless connectivity across multiple applications, an intuitive UI and advanced features that push the envelope of mobile applications
Wind River
In Wind River's stand - Hall 2, Booth #2H72 - Wind River and Wind River Linux Commercialization Services are demonstrating the base Android platform and native integration with the Texas Instruments OMAP3430 chipset in an exciting, new form-factor development platform called the Zoom Mobile Development Kit.

Other Companies

ARM
ARM will be showing an early look of the Open Handset Alliance's Android prototype platform running the ARM architecture. This prototype Android platform is a demonstration of how the combination of the Android platform and the ARM architecture will enable innovation in internet services to the mobile phone.
NEC Electronics
At Mobile World Congress, NEC Electronics is offering a demonstration of the Android platform integrated with the next generation Medity M2.
STMicroelectronics
STMicroelectronics is demonstrating the base Android platform and native integration with the powerful Nomadik family of multimedia application processor chips in Booth 3.1HS170 (3_1 Gallery).
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