SYSOPENDIGIA Plc's Smartphone Business Division (SYSOPENDIGIA), the world's largest independent provider of Symbian OS based software integration services and solutions for smartphones, announced today a cooperation agreement with Philips to bring integrated high-performance multimedia solutions into Symbian OS smartphones based on Philips' NexperiaTM multimedia chipset architecture and SYSOPENDIGIA's contract engineering services.
The announced cooperation will target at bringing integrated high-performance multimedia solutions to smartphone manufacturers providing ease of integration of value-added multimedia features into Symbian OS based smartphone products cost-effectively with optimal time-to-market. The solutions will be based on Philips' Nexperia product family of chipsets integrated into the Symbian OS architecture by SYSOPENDIGIA enabling optimized performance for sophisticated applications and services in the area of real-time video, music,image processing and gaming with Philips cellular and wireless connectivity solutions.
Additionally to the announced cooperation, SYSOPENDIGIA joins the Nexperia Partner Program for Mobile to further improve the availability of highly integrated solutions for mobile phone manufacturers. Wil Baas, Senior Director of Software Strategy & Ecosystems in Philips Semiconductors says "The Nexperia Partner Program provides ODMs and OEMs with approved solutions which complement the complex portfolio offered by Philips. SYSOPENDIGIA continues to demonstrate their high level of expertise within the Symbian OS environment and we are delighted to be working with them to enhance our Nexperia Mobile products."
Ms Inka Luotola, Vice President, Sales and Marketing of SYSOPENDIGIA Smartphone Business Division, says: "Philips has created state-of-the-art offering of multimedia processors, which suit very well for the high requirements for performance and power efficiency posed by the upcoming smartphone devices. We are truly delighted with our partnership with Philips, by collaborating towards our common OEM customers, we together enable new and exciting multimedia functionalities for Symbian OS based phones and services."
SYSOPENDIGIA's Smartphone Business Division's offering is shaping the future of mobile devices – from the design of the devices to the exciting applications and services that run on them. As a Symbian Competence Center and a Series 60 Platform Competence Center, SYSOPENDIGIA supports the Philips' offering by acting as a complete software solution provider and systems integrator for the mobile phone manufacturer customers.
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For more information, please contact:
Inka Luotola, VP Sales & Marketing, SYSOPENDIGIA Plc, Smartphone Business Division
Tel. +358 40 5040605, e-mail:
inka.luotola@sysopensysopendigia.coma
Philips Nexperia partner program information:
http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/markets/communications/nexperia/partner