Texas Instruments unveils OMAP 3 Symbian Foundation reference platform
By Dusan Belic on Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 at 9:59 AM PST In Announcements, CTIA Wireless 2009 @ Las Vegas, Symbian, Technologies
At the CTIA, the Symbian Foundation announced the Zoom OMAP34x-II mobile development platform based on OMAP technology from Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) (TI) as the first standard hardware development platform.
As I’m not an expert on reference platforms, here are words from the official release:
Using the Zoom OMAP34x-II MDP, Symbian developers will be able to quickly and easily validate smartphone and Mobile Internet Device (MID) applications that will run on Symbian^3 – the next release of the Symbian platform and is targeted for development in 2H 2009.
The Zoom OMAP34x-II MDP is a feature-rich, battery operated handheld development platform that gives developers the key capabilities to quickly begin developing on the Symbian platform and to reduce time to market for mobile devices.
Key features of the OMAP34x-II MDP include:
- 4.1-inch WVGA multi-touch display with a QWERTY keypad in a landscape form factor
- OMAP3430 CPU that supports up to 720p HD video encode/decode, “life-like” 3D graphics and PC-like performance
- Wireless connectivity technology from TI, including WiLink 6.0 (WL1271), a single chip with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and FM functionality; and NaviLink GPS functionality
- 8-megapixel camera sensor
- Capacitive touch display technology supporting a range of multi-touch displays
More information is available from this page on TI’s website.
