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Wind River shows Android on Qualcomm Snapdragon

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ALAMEDA, USA: Wind River has developed software code that will help enable support for open source Android mobile software running on larger screen-sized mobile computing devices using Snapdragon chipsets from Qualcomm.

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The combination of Wind River and Qualcomm technology will help create opportunities for mobile manufacturers to more quickly bring to market a wide range of Android-based WVGA devices. The software code will be contributed by Wind River to the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) repository in the near future.

Wind River and Qualcomm will be providing technology demonstrations of Android mobile software running at WVGA resolution on Snapdragon mobile computing chipsets at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, January 8-11, 2009.

“Wind River has long been a key member of the Open Handset Alliance, and we are now taking that participation to the next level by developing this software code to help enable support for Android on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipsets,” said Jason Whitmire, general manager of the Mobile segment at Wind River. “Our work will help drive the availability of Android-based mobile computing devices that run at WVGA resolution in the market by allowing device manufacturers to commercialize their products much faster and more easily.”

“Android broke new ground in mobile functionality and user interfaces and Qualcomm believes there is a logical fit between the expanded capabilities of the software and our Snapdragon chipsets for mobile computing devices,” said Mark Frankel, vice president of product management for Qualcomm. “We are very excited about Wind River’s work to enable support for Android on Snapdragon chipsets.”

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