Ixonos Device Creation Centre offers end-to-end services for mobile device design and development. Due to the growing demand of these services, Ixonos has expanded the unit’s operations to Beijing, China, to serve the clientele in the Asian market.

Ixonos is a world leader in creating wireless technologies, mobile devices, services and software, with a special focus on providing inspiring user experiences. Ixonos established a next-generation mobile device design unit in Jyväskylä, Finland, in 2009. The centre offers a comprehensive range of device design services spanning from electronics, mechanics and software design to a full range of testing laboratory services.

 Ixonos began ramping up the second design unit in Beijing in the autumn of 2010 to answer growing customer demand. “In the past few weeks we have started work on several significant customer projects involving advanced smart phones in our Beijing unit”, says Folkert Wierda, the head of Device Creation Centre.

Ixonos has two established service centres in China, one in Beijing set up in 2008 and the other in Chengdu since 2009. “Expanding the Device Creation Centre to work alongside our Beijing service centre is a natural step to accommodate the growing demand for our device design services. Many major device manufactures are running R&D activities in Asia, and this is also a significant growth market for smartphones”, says Tomi Kyllönen, the head of Ixonos’ APAC Region. “Working close-by we can offer our high-quality smartphone design and development services more efficiently to an Asian clientele comprising leading manufacturers of mobile devices”, he continues.

“Our competitive advantage comes from our capability to deliver full smart phones as production-ready turnkey deliverables and combining European world class wireless engineering heritage with Asian efficiency”, explains Mr Wierda. Ixonos is currently developing mobile devices based on new, powerful chipsets from the world’s leading technology suppliers and on the Android, MeeGo, as well as Symbian operating systems. 

For more information, please contact:

• Folkert Wierda, Vice President, Device Creation Centre, tel. +358 50 305 7711, e-mail folkert.wierda/at/ixonos.com

• Tomi Kyllönen, Vice President, APAC Region, tel. +358 40 848 6116, e-mail tomi.kyllonen/at/ixonos.com

• Kari Happonen, President and CEO, tel. +358 400 700 761, e-mail kari.happonen/at/ixonos.com
 

Ixonos partners with Rightware to deliver a new, highly-customizable 3D user interface platform, which enables the production of easy-to-use and engaging user interface designs on multiple operating systems for a variety of devices. Ixonos is a world leader in creating wireless technologies, software and solutions for mobile devices and services, with a special focus on providing inspiring user experiences. Rightware is the market leader in 3D user interface technology and the provider of Kanzi®, a graphical user interface solution.

Utilizing Kanzi, Ixonos sets to create a visually rich, highly customizable 3D user interface platform. With this platform, Ixonos can rapidly design and implement sophisticated 3D user interfaces for a variety of devices based on Android as well as on other operating systems. The platform is built starting from the interaction and information architecture up towards the user interface layer ensuring top-form functionality and stunning graphics.

3D designs offer compelling new ways for end users to interact and enjoy content in mobile devices, such as smart phones and tablets. “With skillful design home screens and core applications can be brought to life utilizing 3D graphics. Creating engaging user experiences is a significant way to differentiate products, which is why mobile platforms that enable 3D UIs are in high-demand with different players in the market, from device manufacturers to service and application providers”, explains Pasi Iljin, Chief Technology Officer at Ixonos.

“Rightware’s technology provides the performance guarantee we require to create a truly capable 3D UI platform that functions across operating systems and device categories. At Ixonos we want to improve people’s lives through technology. This is why we help our client companies to be at the forefront of the UI competition by ensuring they can offer end users the most sophisticated and engaging 3D user experiences”, says Sami Paihonen, head of User Experience Design Centre at Ixonos.

“Customers have rapidly started to adopt the Kanzi UI Solution and the pace has increased substantially since we enabled stereoscopic 3D capabilities. Kanzi’s strengths across different embedded markets and its outstanding performance capabilities enable device manufacturers to differentiate their user interfaces in an extremely competitive landscape. Joining forces with companies like Ixonos helps us tap into new high-growth opportunities by providing turnkey solutions to our customers”, states Tero Sarkkinen, CEO of Rightware.

With the technology being constantly fine-tuned and soon becoming a standard feature in many devices, applications with 3D capabilities will gain more and more popularity and enable new use cases across industries from telecommunications to automotive and far beyond.

For more information, please contact:

Ixonos:
• Pasi Iljin, Chief Technology Officer, tel. +358 400 903 082, pasi.iljin/at/ixonos.com
• Sami Paihonen, Vice President, User Experience Design Centre, tel. +358 50 502 1111, sami.paihonen/at/ixonos.com

Rightware:
• Tero Sarkkinen, Chief Executive Officer, tel. +358 40 557 7887, tero.sarkkinen/at/rightware.com

Links:
• Rightware’s website: www.rightware.com/
• Kanzi® User Interface solution: www.rightware.com/kanzi