Another day, another Linux-based cellphone OS: it’s the turn of Azingo to launch their Azingo Mobile platform, based on the existing work of the LiMo Foundation, as an out-of-the-box suite of mobile applications plugging into a pre-existing middleware framework and kernel.  Like Android, Azingo Mobile is being marketed as a straightforward, low-development-intensive option for manufacturers looking for an OS for their hardware designs; unlike Android, Azingo already have a history with those manufacturers.

“Our product is offered on 13 different hardware platforms from seven of the industry’s leading silicon providers. Azingo technology is a core component of the LiMo Foundation common integration environment and our support of LiMo specifications ensures that devices powered by Azingo Mobile will contribute to the growth and unification of mobile Linux” Mahesh Veerina, CEO, Azingo

The suite is split into four categories - entertainment, internet, productivity and communications - with each having a number of applications that can be personalised per handset version.  Azingo are hoping that the inclusion of streaming video/audio support, web widgets, RSS and other previously high-end or smartphone functionality will encourage adoption of the platform in low-priced devices.