Smarterphone was a Norwegian company making software for mobile phones, founded in 1993 as Kvaleberg AS before being renamed in December 2010.[3] In June 2007, venture capital investor Ferd invested €2 million in the company.[4] By January 2010, further €3.6 million was invested.[5]Nokia completed acquisition of Smarterphone by November 2011.[6] The head office was in Oslo, Norway, but the company also had offices in Taiwan, South Korea, Japan and the United States.
In 2008, then as Kvaleberg, the company joined the LiMo Foundation,[7] and at the 2009 Mobile World Congress they presented the Madrid handset, in cooperation with Compal Communications.[8]
The company's main product was Smarterphone OS, which was a platform-independent full mobile phone operating system and applications suite for the feature phone segment. Smarterphone OS, then called Mimiria, was first unveiled at the Mobile World Congress show in February 2008, and was used for such handsets as the Kyocera C4700, Vibo T588, and the MadridLiMo device. The Smarterphone architecture was clean-room, with a very strict model-view-controller design that enabled variations to be implemented with little effort.[9] The user interface of Smarterphone OS was programmed in a scripting language, which was a variant of Scheme with object-oriented extensions.
Smarterphone OS included a user interface (MMI) software stack, implementing a full user interface and middleware for 2G and 3G feature phones. It also integrated a range of third-party modules such as Java ME JVM from Oracle Corporation, mobile browser from Obigo, MMS and SMS stack from Mobile Messaging Factory, predictive text input from Nuance and CooTek, and handwriting recognition from Sinovoice.
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smarterphone, norwegian, company, making, software, mobile, phones, founded, 1993, kvaleberg, before, being, renamed, december, 2010, june, 2007, venture, capital, investor, ferd, invested, million, company, january, 2010, further, million, invested, nokia, co. Smarterphone was a Norwegian company making software for mobile phones founded in 1993 as Kvaleberg AS before being renamed in December 2010 3 In June 2007 venture capital investor Ferd invested 2 million in the company 4 By January 2010 further 3 6 million was invested 5 Nokia completed acquisition of Smarterphone by November 2011 6 The head office was in Oslo Norway but the company also had offices in Taiwan South Korea Japan and the United States SmarterphoneCompany typePrivate 1 owned by NokiaIndustrySoftwareFounded1993 2 HeadquartersOslo NorwayKey peopleEgil Kvaleberg CEOProductsMobile operating system and application suiteNumber of employees30 Smarterphone developed mobile software for handsets with mobile phone OEMs ODMs and chipset vendors as customers The company also provided professional services in the above areas In 2008 then as Kvaleberg the company joined the LiMo Foundation 7 and at the 2009 Mobile World Congress they presented the Madrid handset in cooperation with Compal Communications 8 Contents 1 Smarterphone OS 2 Nokia Asha platform 3 References 4 External linksSmarterphone OS editSmarterphone OS nbsp Smarterphone OS 2 2DeveloperSmarterphoneWritten inScheme UI and C core Working stateCurrentSource modelClosed sourceInitial release21 October 2008 2008 10 21 Latest release3 2PlatformsARM Qualcomm ARM Broadcom ARM TIKernel typeReal time kernelDefaultuser interfaceGraphical touch and or keypad ITU or QWERTY Official websitesmarterphone com The company s main product was Smarterphone OS which was a platform independent full mobile phone operating system and applications suite for the feature phone segment Smarterphone OS then called Mimiria was first unveiled at the Mobile World Congress show in February 2008 and was used for such handsets as the Kyocera C4700 Vibo T588 and the Madrid LiMo device The Smarterphone architecture was clean room with a very strict model view controller design that enabled variations to be implemented with little effort 9 The user interface of Smarterphone OS was programmed in a scripting language which was a variant of Scheme with object oriented extensions Smarterphone OS included a user interface MMI software stack implementing a full user interface and middleware for 2G and 3G feature phones It also integrated a range of third party modules such as Java ME JVM from Oracle Corporation mobile browser from Obigo MMS and SMS stack from Mobile Messaging Factory predictive text input from Nuance and CooTek and handwriting recognition from Sinovoice Nokia Asha platform editMain article Nokia Asha platform Nokia s Asha Platform inherits capabilities from Smarterphone 10 References edit Company registration data From the Norwegian register authority in Norwegian Siving Egil Kvaleberg AS Bloomberg Name change record from the Norwegian register authority Kvaleberg receives EUR 2 million in funding from Ferd Venture Ferd Press Release 6 June 6 2007 retrieved 2010 12 10 Ferd calls on Smarterphone RealDeals Europe retrieved 2011 01 27 Nokia Acquires Norwegian Mobile OS Company Smarterphone LiMo fights back on Linux for phones as Mozilla signs up The Guardian 2008 05 14 Retrieved 2010 12 15 LiMo Foundation Members Showcase Next Generation Handsets Toolkits and Applications at MWC 2009 Press release LiMo Foundation February 16 2009 Retrieved 2010 12 10 Under the radar trends at Mobile World Congress Quantum leap in mobile devices Vision Mobile Blog Andreas Constantinou retrieved 2010 12 10 Nokia launches 99 Asha phone reveals new OS External links editsmarterphone com Update Your Mobile Operating System Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Smarterphone amp oldid 1188100906, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
