LiMo Foundation announced R3 release of LiMo Platform

LiMo Foundation has announced the imminent availability of the new R3 release of LiMo Platform™. The updated platform features new support for Location Based Services (LBS) and contact management and extends existing features including support for application management, advanced UI and multimedia technologies, and enhanced security and networking.

“Delivery of R3 of LiMo Platform is a further important delivery milestone and again for LiMo Foundation demonstrates that powerful likeminded companies can work together practically to create a common platform that is evolved and governed through a truly open and independent process,” said Morgan Gillis, executive director of LiMo Foundation. “This latest update to the LiMo Platform also furthers LiMo’s leadership in commercially unifying mobile Linux technologies for the benefit of the whole industry.”

The LiMo Platform is a complete, integrated and commercially proven middleware solution for mobile devices developed collaboratively within a detailed specification that is approved by the Board of LiMo Foundation. Upon formal approval of the R3 specification by the LiMo Board of Directors, R3 of LiMo Platform will be available for commercial distribution by LiMo members.

“Unlike software platforms that are driven by a single commercial interest, LiMo uniquely blends the requirements and best-of-breed technologies from leading companies throughout the mobile ecosystem,” said Kiyohito Nagata of NTT DOCOMO, Chairman of LiMo Foundation. “This collaboration is now fully realized through the rich functionality in the common codebase of the LiMo R3 Platform, which will allow for creation of innovative and highly portable applications by 3rd party application developers.”

For full details on LiMo’s presence and activities at MWC 2010, please visit LiMo’s booth in Hall 8, booth 135 as well as the dedicated microsite of http://mwc.limofoundation.org.