QNX® Realtime Platform Powers New 3Com® Internet Appliance
OTTAWA, October 17, 2000 - With its launch of AudreyTM, a new kind of
Internet appliance for the home, 3Com today confirmed QNX’s status as a
premier software platform for Net-connected consumer devices.
“QNX technology powers a greater variety of Internet appliances, in more
countries, than any other commercial operating system,” said Greg Bergsma,
vice president of North America operations at QNX Software Systems. “Now,
with the release of 3Com’s Audrey device, the list of QNX-powered web
appliances includes everything from devices that sit on your kitchen counter
to multimedia phones, MP3 jukeboxes, Internet TVs, personal web tablets,
set-top boxes, and more.”
Simple, personal, and deployable anywhere in the home, Audrey builds on key
features of the QNX realtime platform, which offers media-rich Internet
applications, an embeddable GUI, and a realtime operating system - all on a
small memory footprint. For instance, 3Com’s engineers took advantage of
QNX’s customizable look-and-feel - a critical feature for the Net appliance
market - to create a dramatically simple, yet highly functional, Internet
experience.
“By providing a rich foundation of ready-to-customize software, QNX helped
3Com focus on developing unique applications, such as a scheduler that gives
order to today’s busy families,” said Don Fotsch, vice president and general
manager, 3Com Internet Appliance Division. “Better yet, QNX’s robust
architecture, proven in thousands of mission-critical applications, enables
Audrey to deliver something just as important: a reliable, maintenance-free
user experience.”
A Market-proven Platform
Audrey joins a growing roster of commercially available QNX-based web
appliances now available in the United States, Canada, France, Germany,
Scandinavia, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and other countries worldwide.
“QNX is providing 3Com with a market-proven platform for bringing the
Internet into the home,” said Bergsma. “What’s more, 3Com can stay one step
ahead of rapid changes on the Internet by leveraging QNX’s growing portfolio
of multimedia technologies - not to mention the thousands of developers
familiar with QNX’s industry-standard tools and APIs.”
Availability
Many of the QNX technologies used in Audrey are now available in the QNX
realtime platform, which developers can download free for non-commercial
purposes at get.qnx.com.
About QNX Software Systems
Founded in 1980, QNX Software Systems is the industry leader in realtime,
microkernel OS technology. The company has established a strong customer
base in a variety of industries, including telecommunications, consumer
electronics, transportation, medical instrumentation, process control, and
point-of-sale. QNX products are distributed in over 100 countries worldwide.
Visit www.qnx.com.
About 3Com Corporation
3Com simplifies how people connect to information and services through
easy-to-use connectivity products and solutions for consumers and commercial
organizations. The company also provides access infrastructures and IP
services platforms for network service providers. Visit www.3Com.com or the
press site at www.3Com.com/pressbox.
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