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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Digital Airways Introduces KEELS to Facilitate Delivery of Full Multimedia Experience
Paris, France, June 2nd, 2005 – Mobile device software specialist Digital Airways introduces KEELS (Kaleido External Engine Library Specification), an extension of its Kaleido MMI solution that allows for easy integration of third party multimedia components on mobile phones.
Kaleido is a complete solution for handset manufacturers to create sophisticated man-machine interfaces quickly and easily. Kaleido is unique in the way it separates the MMI specification from its implementation. The MMI is fully specified with a configurable file, which is read and duly rendered by the MMI engine implemented on the handset. As a result, manufacturers dramatically reduce the cost and time-to-market of MMI design and implementation, while gaining complete flexibility to produce customized phones.
New generation MMI need specialized graphic and multimedia components such as animated vector graphics, video, and 3D players. In practice, however, integration to the manufacturer's platform proves difficult. According to Philippe Silberzahn, CEO of Digital Airways, "Each component has its own interface. This drives up engineering complexity and development cost."
This issue prompted Digital Airways to create KEELS, which provides a standardized interface for third-party multimedia components to the Kaleido MMI engine. Instead of porting the component to the handset’s platform, which can entail weeks of work, manufacturers only have to create a small Kaleido plug-in, which usually only takes a few hours. This approach leaves both the platform and the component untouched, ensuring quality and security.
With KEELS, the integration of multimedia components becomes as simple as the integration of a simple bitmap viewer. Adds Silberzahn: “Now, when they deploy our MMI solution, manufacturers are able to integrate multimedia players to their platform in a matter of hours.”
The addition of KEELS to Kaleido allows handset manufacturers to design new multimedia handsets with sophisticated user interfaces using high-end software components. It creates new user experiences, while reducing integration costs and accelerating time-to-market.
KEELS is available immediately.
About Digital Airways
Digital Airways is a software company that provides core system solutions specifically designed for communication devices such as mobile handsets and personal digital assistants. Digital Airways' products enable handsets manufacturers, operators and software vendors to easily create customizable mobile experiences for mobile and consumer devices with short time-to-market and low integration costs. The company's offering includes Kaleido, a complete solution to specify, design, test and implement Man Machine Interfaces (MMI) on mobile devices, as well as Wapaka, a micro-browser written in Java. Digital Airways is currently working with leading manufacturers, software vendors and mobile operators on innovative solutions for mobile devices.
The company was founded in 1998 and is privately held.
For more information: www.DigitalAirways.com
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