[LINUX DEVICES]Korean Linux smartphone stack achieves new release
source : LinuxDevices
Mizi
Research is shipping a new version of its Linux software stack for
mobile phones. Prizm 2.5 adds support for one-handed operation, support
for new streaming media formats, and the option of a Flash-based
dynamic user interface. It is based on a 2.4-series kernel.
Mizi says the new 2.5 release of Prizm has already reached market, in Samsung's SCH-i819 , a "slider" form factor phone that supports both CDMA 1x and GSM operation.
According to Mizi's head of business planning, Michael Lee, the most significant new feature in Prizm 2.5 is support for one-handed operation, using a 3x4 keypad. "Supporting one-hand operation for the wide range of applications and features contained in SCH-i819 is regarded as a substantial improvement of our Linux smart phone user interface design," Lee said. (...)