ACCESS has posted new screenshots of ACCESS Linux Platform v1.0 and new details on ALP. The OS is optimized for a 240×320 display but will also be able to support HVGA 320×480 and WVGA 800×480 sizes. In addition a 200 MHz ARM 9 chip is the minimum requirement but ACCESS recommends using a 400 MHz ARM 9 or greater applications processor. There is also a list of native apps that will ship with ALP… read on for more details.

Native ALP Applications

• All native ACCESS proprietary applications support inter-application communications for data interchange
  
• Phone
  
• Contacts
  
• Calendar
  
• Memos
  
• Tasks
  
• HotSync®
  
• NetFront™ Browser
  
• HandMail™ (available 2Q2007)
  
• SMS+
  
• iMessenger™
  
• Music
  
• Video
  
• Photos & Studio
  
• Camera
  
• Documents (available 2Q2007)
  
• Utilities (Clock, Calculator, Recorder, Home Screen, Flight Mode)
  

Networking and Communication support

• Includes a modern and robust connection manager capable of handling multiple simultaneous connections
  
• TCP/IP
  
• WiFi (802.11g)
  
• Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
  
• USB
  
• IrDA
  
• Serial
  

Compatibility

• Garnet VM allows thousands of Garnet OS applications to run unaltered on an ACCESS Linux Platform mobile device
  
• Java JV-Lite2 Wireless Edition software (Java Virtual Machine), including popular JSR modules
  
• Platform language support: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Japanese

Desktop and Sync software

• Manage personal information on a Windows XP desktop computer to add, edit or delete contact records, calendar events, memos and tasks and synchronize using HotSync software, which now supports OMA DS v1.2 (SyncML)
  
• Backup and restore information between the device and desktop as well as install native, Garnet OS, Java applications and media files with HotSync

ACCESS Linux Platform Diagram