QuickOffice & ARM Team On Graphics For Wireless Media

Quickoffice, Inc. has confirmed that it has been selected by ARM for optimization in the ARM Mali Graphics Architecture to develop superior viewing for mobiles.

The collaboration will provide BitFlash Scalable Vector Graphics Technology (SVGT) to vendors and mobile phone manufacturers.

The BitFlash SVGT Platform is a key component in building rich graphical user interfaces (UIs). It also enhances the mobile user experience, enabling them to view high quality email attachments, for example.

 “This engagement extends the ARM Mali graphics support by providing an optimized solution for SVGT, which is becoming increasingly important in the 2D user interface space,” said Michael Dimelow, director of marketing, ARM Media Processing Division. “This will ultimately benefit our customers by ensuring optimized and pre-verified solutions thereby lowering risk and reducing time to market.”

“Within the past year, consumer expectations for compelling user-interface and screen design have risen dramatically,” added Gregg Fiddes, vice president of sales and strategic partnerships, Quickoffice. “By combining BitFlash’s market-leading SVGT platform with ARM Mali graphics acceleration technology and market leadership position, we can provide the necessary tools for OEMs to meet these demands.”

Quickoffice and BitFlash entered into an exclusive license agreement in 2006. The BitFlash Mobile SVGT Platform allows OEMs and mobile platform vendors to meet operator requirements, such as interactive SVG Tiny 1.2 implementation and mobile Java specifications JSR 226 and JSR 287 API.