Wind River Commercial Android Platform
Wind River Platform for Android is a commercial version of open source Android. It is optimized on the OMAP 3 platform from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI). The Wind River Platform for Android is a validated, fully compliant software platform based on the latest versions of the Android software development kit (SDK), available with pre-integrated software from initial partners Adobe, PacketVideo, and Red Bend Software; and global support by Wind River. Wind River Platform for Android is available now.
Wind River Platform for Android Features
- Validated Android Cupcake distribution, with published roadmap support for Open Handset Alliance (OHA) releases
- Full CTS compliance
- Automated test suite
- Meta test framework—many tests/one button, many results/one report
- More than 25,000 tests, including Iperf, IOZone, LTP, and hundreds of Wind River–authored tests
- Test-authoring tool for client-created tests
- CTS compatible
- Enhanced branding support
- Boot-up screens
- Termination screens
- Locked idle screen slide shows
- Options for new widgets and skins
- Extended gesture options
- Making a call
- Sending SMS messages
- Extended application framework
- Hardware-software optimizations
- Board integration and hardware acceleration
- Communication enhancements: Wi-Fi, USB, Bluetooth
- ALSA optimizations
- Boot-time acceleration
- Power management and optimization
- Master reset/restore function
- IxChariot ARM 11 Endpoint integration
Wind River Platform for Android Building Blocks
- Open source Android code validated and tested by Wind River in a rigorous process combining hundreds of manual test cases and tens of thousands of automated test scenarios including compliance with the latest Android Compatibility Test Suite (CTS)
- Pre-integrated third-party software, including existing Flash technology from Adobe, OpenCORE mobile multimedia software from PacketVideo, firmware over-the-air (FOTA) updating and device management software from Red Bend
- Enhanced Android user interface and personalization options for such common branding functions as boot-up splash screen, locked idle screen, and termination screens and additional gesture-based choices for core phone functions
- Extended framework and applications including master reset function, music player, performance and power management
- Dedicated Wind River global customer support and services
- Optimization for leading mobile hardware including Texas Instruments’ OMAP34x and OMAP36x platforms
More info: Wind River Platform for Android (pdf)
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