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 Kaleido for handset vendors Kaleido enables handset vendors (manufacturers) to create complete user experiences with short time-to-market and low integration costs. Handset vendors use Kaleido in the following cases: To create user interfaces for new platforms;To quickly add new applications to an existing platform (e.g. operator's home page, phone book, etc.To customize an existing application layer.
Benefits Reduced cost - Kaleido significantly reduces the cost of creating and updating the UI in various ways. With Kaleido, phones become more generic, and significant changes can be made to the UI without changing code. Shorter time to market - What used to take weeks of C programming is now done by a few drag&drop actions in minutes with Kaleido. Kaleido includes generic UI functions such as event management, screen transitions, lists, graphic display, etc. that reduce the need for programming. Increased flexibility - With Kaleido, vendors quickly and easily adapt their phones for specific market requirements (operators' UI, branded phones, niche segments, etc.) Easy integration of third party components - Thanks to Kaleido's specific plug-in architecture, third party components such as browsers, MMS, vector graphic engines, 3D, video, predictive text engines, etc. can be added to a platform with reduced engineering time. Better differentiation - With Kaleido, vendors can implement any UI specifications quickly and cost-effectively. As a result, they are able to better differentiate from their competitors both in their responsiveness and customization of offering for market specifications. |