Linux Mobile Spec Revised

The LiMo Foundation announced the completion of its second-generation R2 specification for its LiMo (Linux Mobile) Platform. The spec offers new location-based services (LBS), multimedia, personal information management (PIM), and security features for LiMo smartphones, plus support for OMTP’s BONDI web-app interoperability spec, says LiMo.

APIs corresponding to the R2 platform will be released publicly in the early Fall, says the LiMo Foundation. Handsets based on the platform will begin to appear by the fourth quarter, says the 33-member group…