Aava Mobile introduces open mobile device reference design
Smartphones designed with under-powered chips offer extended battery life and high-end netbooks tend to drain battery life quickly, with none of the devices being able to balance both attributes well. There seems to have been a noticeable need for mobile gizmos that lend a powerful performance coupled with extended battery life for a long time now. Aava Mobile has uncovered an open mobile device that serves as a reference design for system manufacturers and carriers in the handheld, smartphone and tablet market sectors. Its hardware as well as software is customizable and the device is engineered around the next generation Intel Atom processor based platform codenamed Moorestown.
“There is so much creativity that can be harnessed when you free yourself from the confines of a proprietary design and give developer communities an open platform and some tools to play with. So Aava Mobile saw an opportunity to make an entirely open mobile device. Based on the Intel Moorestown platform, the Aava device delivers an outstanding performance and user experience. We are open on the hardware side with our standardized I/O ports and the ecosystem of peripheral docking devices that openness encourages, and we are open on the software side with our Moblin and Android operating systems,” cited Markus Appel, CEO, Aava Mobile.
Functioning Aava Mobile devices display dimensions of 64mm x 125mm x 11.7mm and lend support to Moblin 2.1 and Android OS, with MeeGo compatibility still in the works. The open standards platform will ensure that third-party companies can design add-on products for it. It properties will allow manufacturers to offer powerful, energy-efficient devices with extended touchscreens rendering haptics/vibra feedback and full HD visuals. Other features comprise of HD video conferencing via a front-facing camera, microUSB OTG, 2 microphones, 3D UI and 3D sound, accelerometer, 3D compass, GPS, Wi-Fi, 3G GSM network for voice and data.
“The Intel Moorestown platform will deliver industry leading performance at dramatically low power levels and is designed to enable a compelling user experience in the next generation of smartphones and sleek tablet designs,” commented Pankaj Kedia, director of global ecosystem programs in Intel’s Ultra Mobility Group. “Aava’s reference design is an excellent example of what is possible with the Intel Moorestown platform across Linux-based Moblin and Android OSs.”
OEMs/ODMs and carriers can avail of Aava Mobile’s reference design to introduce their own branded devices into the market in future. The company has also been working with Moblin and Android developer communities over a number of applications relevant to their latest offering.
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