CHELMSFORD, Mass.-Startup SavaJe Technologies announced its first official handset partner-LG Electronics Co. Ltd.-a major move for both SavaJe and LG.
“LGE sees SavaJe OS as the technology to deliver products with a new innovative generation of user experiences, enabling operators to accelerate their revenue streams,” said Woo-Young Kwak, vice president and research fellow for LG’s Mobile Handset R&D Center.
SavaJe offers an operating system based solely on Sun Microsystems Inc.’s Java platform. The company said the OS supports full HTML Web browsing, full-motion video, MP3 functions and over-the-air updating technology. Launched in 2002, SavaJe has kept a relatively low profile until now.
For LG the move is notable as the company has largely stayed out of the operating system battle. While the likes of Motorola Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Nokia Corp. have made a variety of devices using operating systems from Symbian or Microsoft Corp., LG has to date stayed above the fray.
Industry watchers have long watched SavaJe with interest due to its high-profile backers-Vodafone, T-Mobile and Orange. SavaJe promotes its OS as fully configurable to operator’s software requests, which is becoming more and more important in the wireless industry.
