Linux may become the preferred embedded operating system inside full-featured mobile devices and handsets, according to a January 2004 report in Linuxdevices.com.

Developing mobile phones and wireless handsets with embedded Linux just got easier. BlueCat® Linux® from LynuxWorks™ teams up with Trolltech's Qtopia Phone Edition and Aphelion™ Embedded Java™ to provide a comprehensive development environment using cost-saving Virtio Virtual Platforms. Build mobile devices with a robust Linux operating environment, small memory footprint, and Java integration.

Qtopia Phone Edition is customized uniquely for mobile phone development, and combines applications, user interface, development environment, and synchronization framework in one package. A suite of applications fits into a phone user interface, and a 'Home' screen presents time-critical data such as missed calls, messages received, and calendar events. Also included is a messaging client, SIM card manager, and a dialer.

Aphelion Embedded Java, from Apogee, brings the Java Development Environment (JDE) to mobile-phone developers. Included are Java Runtime Environments (JREs) comprised of BlueCat/processor ports of IBM's CLDC-J2ME-compatible J9 VM, and customer-requested class libraries for communications, such as Bluetooth APIs (JSR-082), wireless messaging APIs (JSR-120 and JSR-205), and mobile-media APIs (JSR-135).

Virtio Virtual Platforms provide fast, full-function software emulation of mobile phones, so that you can proceed with development before you have the target hardware on hand. Shorten your design cycle through early software development.

BlueCat Linux isn't just used in mobile devices. You'll find BlueCat Linux in ATM machines, airport security systems and in industrial measurement and control too. For more information on using BlueCat Linux in your mobile phone projects, please contact a LynuxWorks salesperson.