OPhone

OPhone
OPhone
Company / developer OPhone Software Developers Network
Working state Current
Source model Free and open source software
Initial release 2 August 2009; 2 years ago (2009-08-02)
Latest stable release OPhone 2.5 / 22 April 2011; 6 months ago (2011-04-22)[1][2]
Supported platforms ARM, MIPS, Power Architecture, x86
Kernel type Monolithic (Linux)
License Apache 2.0 and GPLv2[3]
Official website ophonesdn.com

OPhone is a mobile operating system running on the Linux kernel. It is based on technologies initially developed by Android Inc., a firm later purchased by Google, and work done by the Open Handset Alliance.[4] It has been modified for local Chinese markets by China Mobile's OPhone Software Developers Network.[5][6]

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History

OPhone is a Linux-based smartphone software platform developed by China Mobile and based on the Android operating system developed by Google. OPhone is based on open source software and mobile internet technologies. For end-users, OPhone aims to provide cheap, low frills, entry-level smartphone access and a limited mobile internet experience using China Mobile's proprietary TD-SCDMA network, and its GSM network.

Software development

China Mobile consecutively released the 1.0 and 1.5 versions of the OPhone SDK for public use.[7][8]

China Mobile recently released the 2.0 version of the SDK for public use. According to a Google translated version of China Mobile's release,[9] this iteration may include support for the Windows Mobile API framework.[10][11]

As of April 2010 around 600 apps have been developed specifically for OPhones.[12]

Future plan

Although there are rumours that China Mobile and Borqs will discontinue the development of OPhone,[13][14] China Mobile and Borqs will stick to the OPhone development, OPhone 3.0 is the next release, which is expected to be released at the end of 2011 or 2012Q1.[15][16]

See also

  • Android
  • List of Android devices
  • Baidu Yi

References

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