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MobileBeat: Aava offers a truly open-source mobile device platform

MobileBeat: Aava offers a truly open-source mobile device platform

Aava Mobile is one of 20 promising startups included in the MobileBeat 2010 Startup Competition and is in the running for one of two coveted Tesla Awards.

Now one year old, Aava Mobile offers both open hardware and software, giving mobile developers enough leash to make truly creative designs and applications. It is this year’s People’s Choice winner for the MobileBeat Startup Competition.

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Aava’s platform, geared toward original equipment manufacturers and mobile operators, lets customers brainstorm their own user interfaces, content and services. This makes its devices incredibly customizable — a feature that is increasingly sought after given the popularity of the malleable Android operating system.

The reference design of the Aava phone is based on Intel’s next generation Intel Atom platform, nicknamed Moorestown.

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In fact, Aava offers a special software development kit that is compatible with current Android SDK software, allowing developers to test their creations on fully functioning handsets. The same technology will one day be extended to tablets and PCs the company has said.

Aava first launched its open mobile device in February at the Mobile World Congress.

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