Tuesday, February 24, 2004
RADIXS Shows Handheld Running 1st Universal Mobile 'OS'
Posted by Jonathon Watkins in "SOFTWARE" @ 11:00 PM
Geekzone report that RADIXS have shown a new handheld device running their MXI (Motion Experience Interface) 'OS'. The MXI 'OS' (Motion Experience Interface Operating System) is a client running on a handheld device. This basically acts as a display screen for the server, which runs the actual applications (think Terminal Server). It's an interesting idea. The software sits in a layer above the 'real' operating system (PPC mobile, Symbian, Palm etc.) and this allows the mobile device to receive any kind of feed you want to send it. (Note to RADIXS, this is not an OS, it sits on top of the OS, it's an application). :grumble:
"MXI also allows interoperability between various platforms, networks, software and hardware components. MXI enables fully-fledged desktop applications written for Windows, Linux, Java, Palm and 32-bit console games to work immediately on mobile devices. Full Internet access via HTML 4.0 and Flash eliminates the need to strip down web services. "
"Once loaded onto your mobile device, the MXI Platform connected to the MXI Servers establishes a seamlessly integrated environment that can execute and multi-task full-featured applications, video and audio playback, complete web content and more."
The implication of this is that the device needs to be wirelessly connected at all times. We could be seeing how it works in practise in the not too distant future. "RADIXS has partnered with SingTel Mobile to trial MXI OS on the latter's GPRS, Wi-Fi and upcoming 3G network. Devices offering MXI OS can be expected during the second half of 2004."
And what about this final snippet? "Sun Microsystems' office suite, StarOffice 7, will see its first mobile version deployed on RADIXS MXI which is completely compatible with Java." Interesting indeed, but I hope they give the users unlimited GPRS with every device shipped. I'd hate to see the regular mobile bills for someone editing a large document for a few hours with this 'OS'. 8O
"MXI also allows interoperability between various platforms, networks, software and hardware components. MXI enables fully-fledged desktop applications written for Windows, Linux, Java, Palm and 32-bit console games to work immediately on mobile devices. Full Internet access via HTML 4.0 and Flash eliminates the need to strip down web services. "
"Once loaded onto your mobile device, the MXI Platform connected to the MXI Servers establishes a seamlessly integrated environment that can execute and multi-task full-featured applications, video and audio playback, complete web content and more."
The implication of this is that the device needs to be wirelessly connected at all times. We could be seeing how it works in practise in the not too distant future. "RADIXS has partnered with SingTel Mobile to trial MXI OS on the latter's GPRS, Wi-Fi and upcoming 3G network. Devices offering MXI OS can be expected during the second half of 2004."
And what about this final snippet? "Sun Microsystems' office suite, StarOffice 7, will see its first mobile version deployed on RADIXS MXI which is completely compatible with Java." Interesting indeed, but I hope they give the users unlimited GPRS with every device shipped. I'd hate to see the regular mobile bills for someone editing a large document for a few hours with this 'OS'. 8O
