Weird.. i thought it was out already. i guess there is a difference between announced for release and release announcement. confusing. but whatever. it is out now.
I talked about it before. so no need for me to do a retake. i sustain that it think it is a worthy as the android platform. but it lacks the hype and the pull of android. so it may get to be big only in Asia and specifically in Japan. that is unless it gains a hold of Russia too.
Looks like my eyes are still not failing me and i was right. the Emblaze Edelweiss will indeed be the first Full Screen Multi Touch High End Smartphone to be running Access Linux Platform unless Emblaze own Edelweiss Spec Sheet on Emblaze site is wrong…
That means the widgets running in the Phone are Netfront Mobile Widgets. nice. the Access Linux Platform OS and the Netfront Widgets are already a nice surprise but just looking at the rest of the specs in the phone makes it a serious contender for the Top Mobile Phones for 2008-2009. There is really nothing with such high specs and i seriously think that having the ALP OS + Netfront makes it the most interesting choice for the fall. too bad it is a Russia only phone. so you have close to zero chances of seeing this in the wild unless you import it in a leap of faith. but in the meantime we will await the first Hands On Video with the phone in order to check it out.
via Tamspalm
This 480 x 854 3.5 inches Multi Touch (supposed) Mobile Phone. yes, the pretty beast in the picture above is called Edelweiss as the pretty but strong Flower Mountain and comes from Emblaze Mobile. a Israeli Mobile Company. it is being developed for the Russian market as the iPhone Killer for that very market only. considering the resolution alone is superior to the already superior resolution of the  Touch HD. that should make it worthy of consideration. but that is not the greatest thing about this phone. from the looks and the known up to now facts.the Emblaze Edelweiss may be running with the Access Linux Platform. this is a big deal because of what i noted about ALP when i had a look at it close to two months ago:
This Mobile OS looks to be the friendliest yet to develop for those in Linux, it counts with full Ubuntu support tools, full Java ME support and that can run native linux apps, gatner apps, palm os apps, and of course Java apps.
That pretty much means you could run and adapt lots of things into the phone. hell, it may also be possible it could run Mono 2.0 and Moonlight if you adapt that to it.
But as it is easily seen in the screenshot. it is running Widgets in its desktop. those widgets look to be Netfront Mobile Widgets adapted to the phone:
This would make its Mobile Widget offering no less stronger than the one now being pushed by Samsung with TouchWIZ or LG with its Flash UI. certainly a really incredible phone if it holds true. too bad it is Russia only. that means you will only get to have it if you import it over.
via Unwired View
Access ,the company known for the Netfront Mobile Browser and the Netfront Browser Widget engine for mobiles launched and showed the Access Linux Platform. a PalmSource/ Access Technology derived Mobile OS for Smartphones and MID`s in the same vein of Android, LiMo OS, Ubuntu Mobile and others to come.
This Mobile OS looks to be the friendliest yet to develop for those in Linux, it counts with full Ubuntu support tools, full Java ME support and that can run native linux apps, gatner apps, palm os apps, and of course Java apps.
And if that was not enough it counts with a dedicated and native support for Access own Netfront Browser Widgets too. that sure clarifies the way it resembled the Yahoo Widget Engine to me back when i took a look at it not a long ago.
It becomes obvious this is one kick ass platform that right from the get go will have thousands upon thousands of applications right to go. beating by far whatever Android and the other linux mobile platform can get to offer and also beating the iphone and even windows mobile in terms of application wealth. this should be more that enough for it to win right?. no. not a chance. it got pretty much nothing of hype. it comes from access that is only truly big in Japan and it don`t has the kind of OEM, Carrier and Corporate backing pretty much ALL of its competitors got. even LiMo OS and Ubuntu Mobile got more backing that Access and that is saying something. sad but true. even then. lets hope it can be seen in some devices so it has it chance to be known. even me that i am more inclined to Windows Mobile. i must say i find Access Linux Platform impressive and the best developer based execution yet in Mobile Linux.
WAP Review got a more detailed look into it: Access Linux Platform
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