LG Electronics and SavaJe Technologies Inc. today announced that LG is the first company in the world to complete development of a handset using SavaJe OS, SavaJe Technologies’ Java Platform open OS. LG Electronics is demonstrating and promoting the product to operators worldwide, and is ready to mass-produce handsets to operator specifications for delivery in 2006.
The LG-SavaJe handset, which the model name is yet to be announced, is a slider phone featuring a 176×220 color TFT display, a 1.3 Megapixels camera, Bluetooth connectivity, and a SD Card slot for expandable storage of up to 1GB of applications, music, video and pictures. The handset plays MP3, AAC and AAC+ music formats as well as H.263 and MPEG4 videos.
SavaJe OS is an advanced open operating system for handsets, based on Sun Microsystems’ Java technology. Uniquely, all handset applications, including the handset UI itself, are written in Java. This enables LG Electronics to easily offer operator customizations, while using a common software platform. Using deep theming functionality, SavaJe OS can implement operator-specified applications and menus, as well as color schemes, sounds, background images and icons that affect both built-in and downloaded applications.
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