Intrinsyc says that
Cellon is evaluating
Soleus for its potential to save cost and reduce the time to develop future feature phone products when integrated with Cellon's hardware design platforms. Cellon will also be assessing the potential advantages of the Soleus modular development methodology relative to its current development strategy, according to Intrinsyc.
Some existing Cellon handset platformsCellon, based in Shenzhen, China, claims to be the "world's largest independent design house for wireless terminals and modules." The company's wireless hardware platforms span a full range of handsets, from low-cost to full multimedia capabilities. The company says that over 30 million of its phones have been sold worldwide under brands such as Siemens, Amoi, Royal Philips Electronics and UTStarcom.
Late last month Intrinsyc identified Ginwave, also based in Shenzhen, as the
second potential Soleus licensee. Taiwanese ODM (original design manufacturer) Wistron became the
first licensee in mid-June.
Intrinsyc describes Soleus as a "turnkey" development platform for designing "cost-effective and feature-rich" handsets based on a customized version of Microsoft's Windows CE 5.0 operating system. The Soleus software development kit (SDK) provides essential telephony platform functions and includes "the most popular" voice and data applications, according to the company. It also implements a mobile phone API (application programming interface) said to facilitate integration among applications by giving every application access to all mobile phone services.
According to Intrinsyc, Soleus offers a lower-cost and more flexible software platform for "feature phones" and other mid-tier mobile handsets, a high-volume opportunity that is unserved by Microsoft's Windows Mobile OS, which focuses on higher-end "smartphones."
For more details on Soleus, check out our previous coverage:
Windows CE zeroes in on feature phones
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