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Android Developer Training Camp open for pre-registration

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Android Developer Training Camp organized by ExtendLogic open for registration:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEZvUDhvRmhIWkN4ZlBHTlNqaXV1UlE6MA

It is a two days intensive training program. More detail coming soon.

Access Growth to support iphone android developers using Mobile Innovation Lab

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Access Growth LLC is announcing a specific program designed to support mobile developers through our Mobile Innovation Lab. We are actively seeking a few expert mobile developers that would like to participate as part time advisors and/or consultants to the Mobile Innovation Lab. In order to qualify you must have multiple applications already live on an app store and a minimum of one year experience after the first app was launched. If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity and additional benefits for getting involved please feel free to send Chris an email at chris.zelenka@accessgrowth.com

Please see below a current press release concerning the launch of the Mobile Innovation Lab.

Access Growth LLC, a growth consulting and innovation management firm is proud to announce the Access Growth Mobile Innovation Lab which is focused on assisting established mobile application developers with the resources necessary to strategically and efficiently reach the defined target market for their applications. The primary goal of the Mobile Innovation Lab is to work directly with mobile developers to accelerate development, maximize revenue potential, and dominate the competition. Access Growth has developed a complete ecosystem of channels to support go to market strategies for mobile applications into 27 countries and has made these channels available to both large mobile application development companies as well as individuals with a single app ready for market.

The following services are available for participants of the Mobile Innovation Lab:

App Promotion & Marketing
Development & Testing Support
Competitive Analysis
Market Analysis & Strategy
Monetization Plan
Business Growth Planning
IP Review & Protection Plan
End-User Testing
Strategic Marketing & Sales Plan
Launch Strategy & Implementation Support
Mobile Innovation Lab participants will be provided a place to work inside of the Access Growth Venture Center and can access the above services on a ala carte basis depending on their specific needs. Access Growth has developed a creative compensation model for mobile application development companies seeking to retain the firm for services and understands the unique problems many development companies face prior to scaling their applications.

Access Growth has partnered with Silicon Valley Android and Silicon Valley iPhone Business to support early stage developers with training and access to mobile development knowledge through specific programs and events designed for individuals learning about mobile development. Developers that go through training programs will be provided special discounts for services from the Mobile Innovation Lab in order to rapidly develop their product and be ready to hit the ground running once their applications go live.

Access Growth LLC is a global growth consulting and innovation management firm that was founded in 1989 to help companies successfully grow through a proprietary 360° commercialization process. The Access Growth team currently supports 27 countries and provides world-class growth strategies, innovation planning, and commercialization services to early-stage, emerging growth and Fortune 500 companies to quickly penetrate markets and drive top-line growth. To learn more, please visit www.AccessGrowth.com.

Full time Android Contractor openings: Developers & Architect

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The Product is a Set Top Box that goes in customers’ living rooms with a web camera and utilizes a Harmony Universal remote.

 Contractors opening:

1)      Multiple Android application developers with Java experience,

2)      One low-level C++ engineer with core Linux experience - RTP, SIP, A/V, media streaming, and DSP knowledge.

3)      Sr. Android Developer/Architect to help guide in Android, including NDK.


Mandatory requirements: 
• 4+ years enterprise experience developing commercial mobile applications. 
• Prior experience developing an Android application. 
• Ability to translate functional designs into technical design. 
• 4+ years java experiences. 
• Demonstrated experience working with a distributed team (onshore/offshore). 
• Experienced working with XML and web services on mobile devices. 

Desired Skills:

• Developers with NDK experience are highly preferred.

• Experience working with video streaming is a plus. 
• Self-driven and works well independently 
• Good communication skills

• Demonstrated understanding of packaging commercial Android applications. 
• Embedded C experiences a plus.

Google Released Android Developers Challenge II Winners

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 Google announced Android Developer Challenge 2 winners

Overall Winners

iconSweetDreams
SweetDreams is a revolutionary tool that will finally allow you to go to sleep without worrying about changing your phone settings in order to avoid unwelcome late night calls. You can even use those inactivity periods to save battery power as well, and of course forget about enabling WiFi, Bluetooth or ringtones volume ...
iconWhat the Doodle!?
'WTD!?' is a real-time online multiplayer game where one player tries to draw out a given phrase and others try to guess it. Features FFA and Team games, Global Highscores, Personal Face Doodles, integrated Voice Recognition and more! Real-time drawing!? Built for performance, you'll really see the magic at first doodle!
iconWaveSecure
WaveSecure is a complete mobile security solution that protects your device, data and privacy. 1. Track your phone's location and who is using it 2. Lock down your phone remotely, making it worthless to the thief 3. Backup all your data 4. Wipe out your data remotely 5. Restore your data May the phone be with you!

Education/Reference Winners

iconPlink Art
Plink Art is an app for identifying, discovering and sharing art. Take a photo of a painting, and the Plink Art servers will try to identify it. You can also browse our database of artwork by keyword or timeline and share your discoveries with friends.
iconWord Puzzle
The Word Puzzle is designed to provide a fun way to learn basic English words for preschool children. Kids can study spelling and pronunciation with flash card and check achievement with word puzzle. Interesting visual and sound interaction with awarding system helps kids to keep learning. Let kids play with your Android.
iconCeleste
An educational augmented reality app that displays the Sun, Moon, planets and their paths through the sky onto your camera view. You can navigate through the sky selecting celestial bodies to display interesting information about our solar system. See the exact spot on your horizon where the sun will rise and set.

Entertainment Winners

iconA World of Photo
Loosely inspired by the traditional "Spin the bottle", A World of Photo is a casual, geographic worldwide multiplayer online game with a social touch. Players spin their phones and will receive a photo from whomever in the world they pointed to. For best play experience, let the app run in the background.
iconSongDNA
Need any information on a song? Practicing for a big karaoke gig? Music quiz coming up tomorrow? The SongDNA widget allows you to quickly look up your favorite song's detailed information. It includes the lyrics, artist's bio, homepage, highest chart rank and video. Handy when you're training for your next karaoke gig!!
iconSolo
Solo is a great, easy to play and feature rich pocket guitar for your phone. A must for all guitar enthusiasts! Features include -Huge chord library with 380+ chords & diagrams -Load/save chord layouts -Play along with music on your phone -Overlay music & lyrics from the internet -Various strum modes, including shake strum

Games: Arcade/Action Winners

iconSpeed Forge 3D
Speed Forge: Heavy duty hover vehicles, normally used for mining are now seen in illegal races organized in abondoned factories and dark Marsian alleys. The rock crushing explosives once used in these machines now serve a different purpose...
iconGraviturn
Tilt your phone to move the red circles out of the screen while keeping the green circles. Infinite levels from very easy to nearly impossible. Compare your performance with other players after each level (online highscore and statistics).
iconMoto X Mayhem
Jump, lean, and race through seven levels of amazing motorbike action in the best side scrolling bike game! Lean forward and back on your motorbike as you climb hills and fly through the air using accelerometer technology. Witness realistic physics as your shocks recoil when you land jumps! Or just flick your rider around!!

Games: Casual/Puzzle Winners

iconWhat the Doodle!?
'WTD!?' is a real-time online multiplayer game where one player tries to draw out a given phrase and others try to guess it. Features FFA and Team games, Global Highscores, Personal Face Doodles, integrated Voice Recognition and more! Real-time drawing!? Built for performance, you'll really see the magic at first doodle!
iconTotemo
Unloose the spirit. Break the spell. Uncover the mystery hidden between the realms in a unique puzzle game. Storm your brain and relax your mind solving over 60 mind-soothing logic tasks. Play the survival mode for extra challenge and write your name into the on-line leaderboards. http://hexage.net
iconMazeness
The goal of the game is rather simple - you need to bring all the balls ( up to 4 per level!) to their goals at the same time, with help of barriers, teleports and holders. It seems simple at first, but it's not that easy. The difficulty is growing steadily from level to level.

Lifestyle Winners

iconSweetDreams
SweetDreams is a revolutionary tool that will finally allow you to go to sleep without worrying about changing your phone settings in order to avoid unwelcome late night calls. You can even use those inactivity periods to save battery power as well, and of course forget about enabling WiFi, Bluetooth or ringtones volume ...
iconSpecTrek
Improve your fitness with this revolutionary augmented reality ghost hunting game. Walk or run around using GPS and your phone's camera to find and catch virtual ghosts. You will experience a new adventure each SpecTrekking session. The game offers statistics, awards, titles, records, and most of all a whole lot of fun!
iconFoxyRing
FoxyRing makes your phone smarter by analyzing the ambient noise and adjust the ringer volume. Also: - Sleeping hours to silent your phone during the night. - Geolocated ringer profiles, change ringtone or make your phone vibrate only at work! - Widget to silent your phone for a timed period. - Great interface

Media Winners

iconBuzz Deck
BuzzDeck is the quick and easy way to get all the web content you care about most. Flick through your daily hit of favourite news topics. And get Twitter & Facebook updates alongside. BuzzDeck learns what you like and recommends cool new stuff. Simple, elegant & fast. NB: No landscape mode yet. http://mippin.com/buzzdeck
iconSPB TV
SPB TV is a highly usable IP-TV solution, optimized to run on mobile devices. SPB TV provides users with lots of channels in multiple languages with easy-to-use features and settings. No subscription fee! Requires a reliable 3G or WiFi network connection for proper streaming. Full-featured 60-days trial.
iconFxCamera
FxCamera enables you to take a picture with various effects. - ToyCam (Toy Camera Emulator) - Polandroid - Fisheye - Warhol (Andy Warhol-izer) - Normal *this app requires SD card*

Productivity/Tools Winners

iconWaveSecure
WaveSecure is a complete mobile security solution that protects your device, data and privacy. 1. Track your phone’s location and who is using it 2. Lock down your phone remotely, making it worthless to the thief 3. Backup all your data 4. Wipe out your data remotely 5. Restore your data May the phone be with you!
iconHoccer
Hoccer is your application for ad-hoc data exchange. Use gestures to "throw" your data through the air and let the recipients "catch" it. There is no need for prior exchange of contact details.
iconTasker
Tasker let's you link any Task (action set) to the Contexts (application, time, day, location, event, widget press) where it should run. Send an SMS at 3:15 Monday, make per-app settings or locks, map camera button to a menu, launch music app on headphone insert, timelapse photos, encrypt on-the-fly, the list is endless!

Social Networking Winners

iconCe:real - Everyday trends
Ce:real, What's happening in this world? Are you curious about real world? How about North Pole or an edge of Africa? Also, it can be your neighborhood. It is offering to you hot photo stories with Twitter trends keyword which has speed of lights. Enjoy millions of happenings in real world and you participate in it as well.
iconSocialMuse
Check out what users on the other side of the world are listening to! Find people with similar musical taste, or just explore the world through music. Browse other users' music libraries, listen to previews of their songs, and buy them if you like them. Check out their profiles on MySpace, Facebook and Last.fm.
iconSpotMessage
SpotMessage is a communication tool using GPS. Send a message designating a spot with Google Maps then the message will be notified when the recipient arrives at the spot. SpotMsg finds various uses; as an alarm reminding you of a task at a certain spot or for sending your friend a surprise message on his or her arrival.

Travel Winners

iconTrip Journal
Trip Journal is the ultimate trip tracking and sharing solution currently available on Android powered Smartphones. Impress your friends by sending them real time updates from the places you are visiting. GPS route tracking, record waypoints, photos & notes, trip statistics, KMZ & Picasa exports, incorporated Google Maps.
iconiNap: Arrival Alert
Ever wanted to get some sleep during a train ride, or a quick powernap on the bus to work? You either hoped to wake just in time not to miss your station, or set an alarm to wake you far too early... Using your phone's GPS it will determine where you are, and wake you when you are close to your destination!
iconCar Locator
Save your location whenever you park, and Car Locator will navigate you back to your car should you ever have trouble finding it. - Points in direction of your car using GPS and compass - Radar view, map view, and split view - Parking timer alarm GPS and compass must be enabled. This free version expires after 25 runs.

Misc Winners

iconRhythm Guitar
Plays like a real 6-string, 5-fret guitar. Strum and pick chords, make new chords, string them together to create songs, transpose songs to fit your vocal range. Great for songwriting, chord reference, learning radio hits, or even plugging into speakers and pedals.
iconAndrometer
Andrometer allows you to measure the approximate distance from you to an object that you can see. Uses GPS, accelerometer and geomagnetic sensor. Tips: - Keep as steady as possible - The further you walk, the more accurate the measurement - Must be outdoors with clear view of sky - Works best under 1 km
iconCalton Hill GPSCaddy
GPSCaddy allows golfers to quickly and easily map any golf course either out on the course using GPS or in the comfort of home using satellite imagery. Then, when they are playing the course, it uses GPS to tell them exactly how far they are from the significant features of the hole they are playing (green, bunkers, etc).

ExtendLogic offers Global Mobile Market Access solution to iPhone developers at iPhone International market event @ Apple

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Cupertino,ca, September 17, 2009:  ExtendLogic, an Silicon Valleyleading IT outsourcing and consulting services provider focusing on enterprise mobile(iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Mobile backend, embedded mobile) solutions, richmedia and enterprise applications, has announced at the event of “iPhoneInternational Market” hosted by IMUG.org and iPhone Business Meetup at AppleHeadquarter on 17th, Sep, about its offering of Global Mobile Market Access (GMMA) solutions foriPhone developers.

 

With the rising of competition in the App store US market,more and more iPhone developers are looking for more ways to make money. WithApple iPhone’s expansion internationally, lots are of developers are trying tofind ways to make money from those emerging international market, like Europe,China, India, and so on.

 

“We want to help iPhone Appdevelopers to capitalize from their existing investment,”Announced by the CEO of ExtendLoigc, David Cao, during the presentation in theevent, “With our global mobile development teams, as well as our testing anddeployment solution, ExtendLogic can help U.S. iPhone developers and firms onapp development, localization, promotions, as well as porting to Android, Blackberry,OMS, Symbian and other platforms.”  

 

ExtendLogic offers end to end solution for iPhone developerswho do not have the bandwidth to deal with international technical as well asbusiness issues. The solution includes the following services:

         Localization

         Testing & certification for different network and carriers

         Porting to different platforms

         Marketing

 

The services can alsobe tailored into different packages for companies already have internationalaccess. 

Apple’s App Store Downloads Top Two Billion

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 CUPERTINO, California—September 28, 2009—Apple® today announced thatmore than two billion apps have been downloaded from its revolutionaryApp Store, the largest applications store in the world. There are nowmore than 85,000 apps available to the more than 50 million iPhone™ andiPod touch® customers worldwide and over 125,000 developers in Apple’siPhone Developer Program.

“The rate of App Store downloads continues to accelerate with usersdownloading a staggering two billion apps in just over a year,including more than half a billion apps this quarter alone,” said SteveJobs, Apple’s CEO. “The App Store has reinvented what you can do with amobile handheld device, and our users are clearly loving it.”

Today, iPhone and iPod touch customers in 77 countries worldwide canchoose from an incredible range of apps in 20 categories, includinggames, business, news, sports, health, reference and travel. With therecently introduced iTunes® 9, it’s now easier than ever to organizeand sync your apps right in iTunes and they will automatically appearon your iPhone or iPod touch with the same layout.

Apple ignited the personal computer revolution inthe 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industryin innovation with its award-winning computers, OS X operating systemand iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading thedigital media revolution with its iPod portable music and video playersand iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone market withits revolutionary iPhone. 

Xi'an Software Park delegation will visit Silicon Valley at Oct 11th

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A Delegation led by Mr Liming Zhu, the Deputy Director of Xi’an Software Park will visit Silicon Valley at Oct 11th. Xi’an Software Park is a national software industrial & export base and is one of the first Service Outsourcing Base Cities established by the Central Government.

Founded in December 1998, Xi’an Software Park is located within the Xi’an High-tech Industries Development Zone, a special economic-expansion area entitled to government tax benefits and other incentives. To date, Xi’an Software Park has attracted more than 630 software and outsourcing enterprises both from within China and abroad, with more than 50,000 employees.

LOCATION & TRANSPORTATION: Xi’an is the largest major city in China’s portion of the new Eurasian continental bridge. The city is located in the center of China and is about a 2-hour flight from both the capital, Beijing, and the major coastal city of Shanghai.Park which is one of the 5 certificated Hi-Tech Parks in China by Central Government to recruit and attract overseas to either Start up business or work inside the park. Mrs. Dang has more than 15 years experience in the hi-tech park, and witnesses the hi-tech park from nothing to the well developed area which ranks top 5 nationwide in comprehensive category issued by many authorities.

During the event, valuable information as below, but not limited to, will be brought on for your consideration:
1). General policy issued by central government for attracting overseas to start up business or work in domestic enterprises.

2). General background about Xi’an city, including infrastructure, business and living environment, resources and competitiveness advantages as well as overall industries

3). Attend panel discussion to learn successful stories presented by oversea returnee and share experience

4). Job-openings and other opportunities

Event details:

Date:Oct 11, 2009
Time: 4:30pm - 8:00pm
Location:The Enterprise Network
                 2953 Bunker Hill Lane Ste.#400
                Santa Clara, CA 95054

Official registration site:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFlxcVc1RWNmYi1XVUxpZ0dSRFFYa1E6MA&pli=1


Due to limited seats, please make your reservation as early as possible.

Android Is Still Headed Beyond Just Smartphones

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Earlier this month, when Google announced its Chrome OS and made clear that it is headed for netbooks, the news curbed many of the predictions people were making about the Android operating system’s prospects on netbooks. Google officials made clear that they were steering Android toward smartphones. That hasn’t stalled all of the efforts to bring Android to platforms other than smartphones, though. As PC World points out, device maker Touch Revolution is working on several types of touch-screen devices based on Android, including a line of cutting-edge remote controls for homes. Meanwhile, Japan’s OESF (Open Embedded Software Foundation) continues to push forward with plans to deliver devices running Android as an embedded operating system.

According to this blog post from Touch Revolution, which is looking to deliver several types of touch-screen devices based on Android:

 

“We think Android is a game-changer in this changing market because it is a solid, open application framework built for touch, and built to enable connected services. Android provides a common rallying point for hardware and application software development, providing the interoperability necessary to drive investment and innovation. If you want to make intelligent and connected consumer electronics devices, we do not think you get there by taking a PC and downsizing it to a consumer electronics form factor. We think you get there by taking a mobile phone with an open application framework built for touch, then scaling the technology to multiple CE form factors.”

 

Touch Revolution is looking at sophisticated, WiFi-enabled remote controls for homes based on Android, including media controlling devices, and you can watch a video of its NIMble touchscreen desktop phone based on Android here. The NIMble phone was shown at the Consumer Electronics Show.

Japan’s OESF (Open Embedded Software Foundation) only recently debuted its web site in English, and has mostly flown under the radar as an Android-focused organization. However, ARM, Fujitsu Software Technologies, KDDI, Japan Cable Laboratories, and many other big companies are members of the OESF. EETimes has reported on the OESF’s plans to bring Android, as an embedded operating system, to set-top boxes, TVs and VoIP phones.

As far as Android phones go, there are also reports of new Android handsets for the European market to arrive from Chinese companies. Google’s Chrome OS will undoubtedly slow down some of the plans that were in place for Android-based netbooks, but Android will continue to find its way into many niche product categories and embedded solutions, just as other flavors of Linux have.

by Sam Dean OSTATIC

Android Is Still Headed Beyond Just Smartphones

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made clear that it is headed for netbooks, the news curbed many of the predictions people were making about the Android operating system’s prospects on netbooks. Google officials made clear that they were steering Android toward smartphones. That hasn’t stalled all of the efforts to bring Android to platforms other than smartphones, though. As PC World points out, device maker Touch Revolution is working on several types of touch-screen devices based on Android, including a line of cutting-edge remote controls for homes. Meanwhile, Japan’s OESF (Open Embedded Software Foundation) continues to push forward with plans to deliver devices running Android as an embedded operating system.

According to this blog post from Touch Revolution, which is looking to deliver several types of touch-screen devices based on Android:

 

“We think Android is a game-changer in this changing market because it is a solid, open application framework built for touch, and built to enable connected services. Android provides a common rallying point for hardware and application software development, providing the interoperability necessary to drive investment and innovation. If you want to make intelligent and connected consumer electronics devices, we do not think you get there by taking a PC and downsizing it to a consumer electronics form factor. We think you get there by taking a mobile phone with an open application framework built for touch, then scaling the technology to multiple CE form factors.”

 

Touch Revolution is looking at sophisticated, WiFi-enabled remote controls for homes based on Android, including media controlling devices, and you can watch a video of its NIMble touchscreen desktop phone based on Android here. The NIMble phone was shown at the Consumer Electronics Show.

its web site in English, and has mostly flown under the radar as an Android-focused organization. However, ARM, Fujitsu Software Technologies, KDDI, Japan Cable Laboratories, and many other big companies are members of the OESF. EETimes has reported on the OESF’s plans to bring Android, as an embedded operating system, to set-top boxes, TVs and VoIP phones.

As far as Android phones go, there are also reports of new Android handsets for the European market to arrive from Chinese companies. Google’s Chrome OS will undoubtedly slow down some of the plans that were in place for Android-based netbooks, but Android will continue to find its way into many niche product categories and embedded solutions, just as other flavors of Linux have.

 

by Sam Dean,  OSTATIC

Mentor Graphics Acquired Embedded Android leader Embedded Alley

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DESIGN AUTOMATION CONFERENCE (DAC), San Francisco, Calif. July 30, 2009 – Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today unveiled its Android and Linux strategy, including the acquisition of Embedded Alley Solutions, Inc. (San Jose, CA), an innovative leader in Android and Linux development systems. By combining Embedded Alley’s Android and Linux products and services with the Mentor Graphics Nucleus® real-time operating system (RTOS), tools and middleware, Mentor can now provide device manufacturers with all the software they need to build their products, and work closely with them throughout their product lifecycle to supply tools and services at every stage.

“Mentor’s strategy acknowledges two strong trends we see in embedded device development today,” stated Glenn Perry, Mentor Graphics Embedded Systems Division General Manager. “One is a huge demand for Google’s Android platform in new, complex devices beyond the mobile phones for which Android was originally developed. The other is the growing use on multi-core processors of multiple operating systems, usually Linux and an RTOS like Nucleus. Our investment in Embedded Alley, and its products, open source expertise, and services, will allow our customers to innovate and build better products with power savings, performance optimization, and reduced system cost and risk.”

Mentor’s Android, Linux, and Nucleus products and services provide all the tools, runtime components and expertise required for customers to get to production with innovative products. This ecosystem for Android- and Linux-based devices is supported by leading semiconductor partners, including ARM, Freescale, Marvell, MIPS, RMI, and Texas Instruments (TI). In separate announcements today, Mentor Graphics revealed support for the ARM Mali graphics processing unit family, Freescale Power Architecture processors and Marvell Sheeva MV78200 Dual-core Embedded Processors. Embedded Alley was the first to market commercial Android tools and services in May 2009, for the RMI Au1250 SoC and the MIPS architecture.

“The Embedded Alley team is excited to bring our vast experience in open source development to Mentor Graphics,” said Pete Popov, CEO of Embedded Alley. “This is a huge win for our customers, who can now benefit from the combination of Embedded Alley’s services and development systems with Mentor’s products, services and outstanding support.”

“TI is pleased to learn that Mentor Graphics has acquired Embedded Alley, allowing Mentor to provide additional value to our customers developing with Android and/or Linux on our various TI solutions, including our OMAP35x platform,” said Gerard Andrews, OMAP35x product line manager, TI. “With the combined expertise from Mentor Graphics and Embedded Alley, we’re confident that they will be able to deliver innovative and even stronger multi-OS/multi-core products that inspire new Linux- and Android-based designs. We’re excited and look forward to seeing the synergy between these two companies and their solutions that ultimately addresses our customers’ key careabouts on an open software platform, community participation and support.”

Perry continued, “As early developers in embedded Linux, Embedded Alley is well-known in the open source community, both as active participants in major projects such as OpenEmbedded, Advanced Linux Sound Architecture, and Linux kernel development, and as leaders in commercial development based on open source software. Their strong reputation follows them into the Android commercial tool market, now placing Mentor Graphics at the forefront of open source software in embedded devices.”

Embedded Alley gained a tremendous lead in Android solutions by investing early and building on their deep Linux/open source experience and technologies. As pioneers in the embedded Linux community, the Embedded Alley team has been instrumental in defining product offerings, shaping business models and building market strategies for embedded systems. Their unique approach to commercial open source products avoided “boxed” Linux distributions, and gave developers more flexibility and immediate access to the latest open source innovations.

For more information on the Mentor Graphics Android/Linux development ecosystem for multi-OS and multi-core development, visit the website athttp://www.mentor.com/products/embedded_software/android-linux-multicore/.

About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) is a world leader in electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing products, consulting services and award-winning support for the world’s most successful electronics and semiconductor companies. Established in 1981, the company reported revenues over the last 12 months of about $800 million and employs approximately 4,425 people worldwide. Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777. World Wide Web site: http://www.mentor.com/.

(Mentor Graphics and Nucleus are registered trademarks of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other company or product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.)

For more information, please contact:

Larry Toda
Mentor Graphics
503.685.1664
larry_toda@mentor.com

Sonia Harrison
Mentor Graphics
503.685.1165
sonia_harrison@mentor.com

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