MobiForms, FSMLabs offer new mobile developer tools

- Gary Thayer, Editor

July 5, 2005 -- (MobileVillage) -- In separate announcements, MobiForms and FSMLabs have announced new developer tools for mobile devices, with the latter targeting devices with ARM processors only.

MobiForms announced version 2.0 of its MobiForms rapid application development software for mobile database applications on Windows CE, Pocket PC, EPOC/Symbian and Palm. According to the company, MobiForms lets people develop applications for asset collection, field service, inspection, market research, site surveys, stock control and workshop management in minutes, without knowing Java or C++.

MobiForms says its latest release makes a local database unnecessary. Instead, developers can read and write to any ASCII file format like Excel CSV using the MobiForms MobiScript language. MobiScript also lets developers call other programs like bar code scanning software.

Another improvement is a color palette and font chooser so that the developer can apply attributes directly to buttons, check boxes, fields, labels and lists.

For more information see the Mobiforms web site.

FSMLabs' RTLinuxPro development and deployment platform targets system-level applications for wireless and handheld devices running on ARM processors. RTLinuxPro can be used to develop applications for mobile phones, Linux based PDAs, SOHO wireless and wireline networking (access, routers, home gateways, etc.), medical and industrial portable instruments and other such devices.

RTLinux offers support for baseband interfaces in Linux-based mobile phones and other wireless devices without costly dedicated wireless modem chips, according to FSMLabs.

The software tool lets developers combine multimedia applications and signal processing on a single ARM CPU core, and reach line-speeds in Linux-based home networking devices, with faster out-of-band processing and exception handling, says the company.

The RTLinuxPro tool kit includes FSMLabs real-time development and deployment environment for ARM processors, plus a standard Linux distribution including a 2.6 kernel, provided on a single installation DVD-ROM. Included is support for the ARM920T and ARM926EJ-S processors, with chip and board support for SoCs from Atmel, FreeScale, Intel (PXA and IXP), Texas Instruments (OMAP) and other ARM partners. For a complete list of supported hardware, contact FSMLabs.

RTLinuxPro for ARM processors is available directly from FSMLabs and its channel partners.

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