Wilmington, DE – Phoenix International Communications (PIC) is excited to announce the launch of a collaborative effort with OpenMobile World Wide aimed at greatly expanding the number of apps available to users of the HP Touchpad tablet.
ACL™ (Application Compatibility Layer™) is a groundbreaking technology which allows Android apps to run on non-Android operating systems with near-native levels of compatibility and performance. The ACL for HP Touchpad project will allow Android apps to appear side by side with native webOS apps and run in cards, allowing HP Touchpad users to run these apps inside the webOS environment. The ACL for HP Touchpad is currently under active development and is scheduled to be officially released for consumers to purchase and download in time for TouchPad consumers to enjoy this summer.
PIC has already made a significant investment into the ACL for HP Touchpad project, and is intending to supplement this with a crowd-funding campaign to raise the amount needed to complete the project. The campaign is currently running on Kickstarter at the following link:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1957339277/run-android-apps-in-webos-on-the-hp-touchpad
“OpenMobile is very excited to be working with PIC on enabling the robust Android App ecosystem to run on the webOS Touchpad,” said Kevin Menice, SVP and GM Embedded and Core Technologies at OpenMobile. “webOS has a tremendously loyal following, and we take great pleasure in completing the ACL port to webOS, enabling consumers to have the benefit of hundreds of thousands of Apps for their Touchpad tablet. Our partnership with Phoenix enables us to deliver on the vision we have had for the loyal webOS community, and we are pleased to complete this strategic development effort.”
Phoenix Development Manager Marc Edwards: “This really is something that is long overdue, and we’re glad to be able to do this for the webOS user community. The software is currently in the alpha stage with a build that is already working on actual Touchpad devices, and with support from the community we’ll be able to take it through beta and official release.”
Adds Marketing Manager Daniel Giovannetti: “The decision to use crowd funding was driven in part by the amazing reach of Kickstarter. It’s a very efficient way to both get the word out to thousands of potential contributors and streamline the collection of funds as well.”
About PIC
Phoenix International Communications is in the business of further developing, enhancing, and maintaining the webOS operating system and ecosystem in order to promote the continued use and increased adoption of the webOS platform as a solution for both consumer and business users. For more information, please contact Daniel Giovannetti at dgiovannetti@phxdevices.com or please visit http://www.phxdevices.com
About OpenMobile World Wide
Today’s consumer device market has become a completely Apps driven market. Founded in 2010, OpenMobile’s goal is to have all the devices in this space have access to all of the Apps. This is a seminal idea and has the power to change the trajectory of the global mobile marketplace, essentially leveling the playing field. The creation of the proprietary Application Compatibility Layer (ACL)™ by OpenMobile will allow hundreds of thousands of Android Apps to run seamlessly on other OS/device platforms. OpenMobile is headquartered in Framingham, MA, and has operations in India and Finland. For more information please contact Leila Dillon at ldillon@openmobileww.com | 617.431.1708 or please visit www.OpenMobileww.com