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The '''Access Linux Platform''' (ALP), sometime referred to as a "next-generation version of the [[Palm OS]]" is an open source-based [[operating system]] for mobile devices developed and marketed by [[Access Co.]], of [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]. The platform includes execution environments for [[Java (programming language)|Java]], classic Palm OS, and [[GTK+]]-based native [[Linux]] applications. ALP has been demonstrated in devices<ref>[http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9247878814.html Reference design targets Linux mobile phones], Linuxdevices.com, [[August 7]], [[2007]].</ref> at a variety of conferences, including [[3GSM]],<ref>[http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/12/access-linux-platform-on-display-at-3gsm/ Access Linux Platform on Display at 3GSM], [[Engadget]], [[February 12]], [[2007]].</ref> [[LinuxWorld]],<ref>[http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/8921/access-linux-platform-at-linuxworld-sf/ Access Linux Platform at LinuxWorld SF], Palminfocenter.com, [[August 20]], [[2006]].</ref> [[GUADEC]], and Open Source in Mobile.
The Access Linux Platform was first announced in February 2006.<ref>[http://www.access-company.com/news/press/Access/2006/021406.html Access and PalmSource Announce the Access Linux Platform], [[Access Co.|Access]]/[[PalmSource]] [[press release]], [[February 14]], [[2006]].</ref> The initial versions of the platform and software development kits for the Access Linux Platform were officially released in February 2007.<ref>[http://www.access-company.com/news/press/Access/2007/20070212d_alp_pdk.html Access Releases Access Linux Platform PDK and SDK to Licensees and Developers], [[Access Co.|Access]] [[press release]], [[February 12]], [[2007]].</ref> As of November 2007, the Access Linux Platform has yet to ship on devices, however development kits exists and public demonstrations have been showcased. A handset based on the Access Linux Platform will reportedly be released by the European carrier [[Orange (brand)|Orange]]<ref>[http://www.ovum.com/news/euronews.asp?id=6472 Will Access become DoCoMo's Linux platform?], Ovum Research ''Telecoms and Software News''.</ref> in the first half of 2008, and there is a current effort between Access, [[NTT DoCoMo]], [[Panasonic]], [[NEC]], and Esteemo to use the platform as a basis for a "shared platform" implementing a revised version of the [[i.mode]] [[MOAP]](L) APIs, as well as conforming to the specifications of the [[LiMo Foundation]]. The first smartphone to use the Access Linux Platform ist the [[Edelweiss (Smartphone)|Edelweiss]] device by [[Emblaze Mobile]] that is scheduled for mid 2009<ref>[http://www.edelweiss-mobile.com/ Edelweiss (official web site)]</ref><ref>[http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/7367/edelweiss-the-first-alp-powered-smartphone/ Review at Palm Infocenter]</ref>
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