SavaJe struggles to survive
It seems that one of the prerequisites to the survival of a mobile software platform is... well, hardware to match. Imagine that? Apart from an LG special and a self-branded testbed that was never meant for the general public's consumption, SavaJe has blown through an alleged $71 million in venture capital with very little success to show for it. Its Java-based operating system has won the hearts and minds of the developer community, but thanks perhaps to a glut of platforms infecting the featurephone and smartphone markets these days, SavaJe simply hasn't caught on en masse. The lack of success appears to be taking a toll on the Massachusetts-based company, which is said to be desperately seeking a cash infusion while asking its developers to take a little unpaid time off. Call us morbid, but we reckon we're going to go ahead and write up that obit now.[Via MobHappy]
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Dean Collins @ Oct 29th 2006 12:16PM
Hi Chris,
I may be a little biased as one of the companies I consult to www.Mexuar.com (check out our website for the unrelated but exciting worlds first Java "click to call" solution for the open source asterisk platform).
We developed a number of applications for the Savaje OS involving both Voip and SIP presence (similar to www.orative.com that sold to Cisco last week for $31m).
The problem with Orative is that they have only developed for the more widely deployed yet less technically capable Symbian mobile OS.
Savaje as a technology is a very exciting technology, representing a paradigm shift in mobile computing.
It's unfortunate that the 10 or so handset manufacturers have chosen not to open the handsets to the Savaje OS for various internal reasons....unfortunately the end user/consumer is poorer for this decision.
We hope that someone with foresight comes to the party with Savaje and decides to build their own hardware to deliver a major competitor to the Windows Mobile/Symbian duopoly.
Cheers,
Dean Collins
www.Mexuar.com