LiMo Platform to support Vodafone on Samsung 360 M1 handset
Already dedicated to create the truly open, hardware-independent, Linux-based operating system for mobile devices, LiMo Foundation has governed the scenario lately. Well, the widely-known LiMo has recently annunciated the first LiMo Release 2 handset that significantly endures the new Vodafone 360 service on a Samsung device.
The most recently unveiled exquisite handset developed by Samsung offers mobile users a distinctive experience presented through Vodafone’s feature-packed, highly tailor-make Vodafone 360 user interface. The device will come up with an entirely new set of Internet services for the mobile and PC that gathers all of users’ friends, communities, entertainment and personal favorites in one place. Emboldened by the Vodafone 360 Samsung H1, the new Vodafone 360 Samsung MI is particularly designed to function for large masses concurrently.
“LiMo’s independent platform and governance constructs were established to foster the type of collaboration that is evidenced in this second Vodafone 360 device from Samsung, which brings a deeply customized and highly compelling Vodafone 360 experience to a broader range of mobile consumers,” explained Morgan Gillis, Executive Director, LiMo Foundation. “These first R2 handsets from Vodafone and Samsung mark the beginning of an exciting period of broad market adoption led by LiMo’s global operators that will usher in a highly-interactive and trusted mobile internet experience for mobile consumers around the globe.”
Operating on the LiMo R2 platform, the Vodafone 360 Samsung M1 emerges to be quite deliberative pertaining cost and technology aspects. While delivering an exceptional yet affordable smartphone experience to users, the new device features a 3.2-inch WQVGA TFT 16M color display alongside multiple value-added features subsuming GPS, Web Player, and VF 360 3D UI Applications (People View, Time Line View, Menu Mode, Search View) coevally.
“One reason Vodafone has chosen to launch our Vodafone 360 service strategy on the LiMo Platform is because it enables us to work within the LiMo ecosystem to bring high-caliber devices and innovative services to our customers,” remarked Patrick Chomet, Vodafone Group Director of Terminals, and a founder director of LiMo Foundation. “The Vodafone 360 Samsung M1 will revolutionize the way that a broader segment of Vodafone customers access their favorite mobile and social media services through a sleek and user-friendly handset.”
Further, the stupendous Vodafone 360 Samsung M1 comes equipped with Bluetooth 2.0/USB 2.0 connectivity. Flaunting a remarkable 3 megapixel FF (digital zoom) camera, the handset comes in a very slim size that measures nearly 55 mm x 111 mm x 13.3 mm and weighs roughly 111 grams. In addition, it encompasses an integrated 1GB memeory which can be elongated by way of MicroSD memory card of up to 16GB.
“Samsung is pleased to bring our second handset based on the LiMo R2 Platform to Vodafone customers,” stated JK Shin, Executive Vice President and Head of Mobile Communications Division, at Samsung Electronics. “As a leading innovator in the mobile phone marketplace, Samsung will continue to work within the LiMo ecosystem to create and deliver an array of sleek and user-friendly devices to consumers around the globe.”
Besides, the Vodafone 360 Samsung M1 features the 360 web service enabling users to conjugate their online accounts in numerous social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, or Google Talk with all the data and files from the handset.
The operating system of 360 M1 is powered by Linux. Considerably, this particular OS is believed to be more secured from viruses as compared to the Windows operating system and is more user-friendly at the same time. The elegant phone is in the forefront of the next generation of LiMo R2 handsets being deployed to markets globally by LiMo operators throughout 2009 and 2010.
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