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Open Interface and Rococo Software Partner to Provide Java Based APIs for Bluetooth(tm) Applications Development
URL(s): www.openinterface.com
Amsterdam, Holland, Bluetooth Congress 2002, (June 13, 2002) - Rococo Software, Ltd. and Open Interface North America, Inc. today announced a strategic partnership to develop advanced Java-based systems for the development of applications using Bluetooth(tm) wireless technology. Rococo Software is a leading supplier of Java-based development tools and integration services for Bluetooth wireless networking and Open Interface North America is a leading provider of Bluetooth wireless technology software and services.
Open Interface North America is working with Rococo Software to integrate the Open Interface BlueMagic(tm) 3.0 embedded Bluetooth protocol stack into Rococo's Java-based Impronto Developer Kit and Technology Licensing Kit, allowing developers using Java to access BlueMagic 3.0 Bluetooth protocol software.
The BlueMagic protocol stack family is among the most widely used Bluetooth protocol stacks in the world. The latest member of this family - the BlueMagic 3.0 embedded Bluetooth protocol stack - was designed from the beginning to be implemented in embedded Bluetooth applications. The modularity, scalability, and portability designed into BlueMagic 3.0 software makes the protocol stack resource-efficient and easy to configure. The Rococo APIs implement the new JSR82 standard APIs for Bluetooth and Java, which Rococo helped to define. With these standard Java APIs from Rococo providing access to the BlueMagic 3.0 protocol stack, developers familiar with Java can immediately begin to develop applications using Bluetooth wireless technology without having to become experts in the Bluetooth protocol specification.
"The business relationship into which we have entered with Rococo is important for our companies as our customers have expressed interest in the ability to develop Java-based applications," explained Akemi Sagawa, CEO of Open Interface North America. "Integrating the BlueMagic 3.0 protocol stack with Rococo's Java APIs is a natural fit for our companies and provides a critical set of building blocks for our customers developing Java-based Bluetooth products."
"In an effort to make the task of developing Bluetooth applications as easy as possible, Rococo has partnered with Open Interface to push forward in providing the very best tools to speed products to market cost-effectively," said Rococo CEO Sean O'Sullivan. "We quickly recognized the flexibility that the BlueMagic 3.0 protocol stack offers. Paired with our Impronto technology, we feel that customers will be able to easily create Bluetooth applications for any type of mobile device."
About Rococo Software, LTD.
Rococo Software, Ltd. uses key industry standards to enable fast, easy Bluetooth application development in Java. Rococo is a member of the JSR-82 Expert Group developing standards for Java and Bluetooth and is an associate member of the Bluetooth SIG. Rococo Software also chairs the Irish Bluetooth Users Forum (www.ibuf.com). To learn more, visit Rococo Software, Ltd. at www.rococosoft.com.
About Open Interface North America, Inc.
Open Interface, Inc. was established in Japan in 1992. An early adopter of the Bluetooth wireless technology specification, Open Interface, Inc. is an associate member of the Bluetooth SIG and was one of the first companies to develop Bluetooth wireless technology products for the Japanese market. The Open Interface BlueMagic 2.0 protocol stack was the first Bluetooth protocol stack to be integrated and shipped in a commercially available product. This complete, qualified Bluetooth protocol stack and related software development tools have since remained among the most successful tools for Bluetooth application developers, having been used extensively by major PC OEMs. In 2000, Open Interface Inc.'s Bluetooth wireless technology assets were acquired by a subsidiary, Open Interface North America, Inc., which now drives Bluetooth wireless technology development and marketing efforts for the worldwide Open Interface group of companies. To learn more, visit Open Interface North America, Inc. at www.openinterface.com.
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