February 6, 2008

A La Mobile Takes $6.75 Million Series B

Duncan Riley

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alamobile-1.jpgSan Ramon, CA based a la mobile has taken $6.75 million Series B in a round led by original investor Venrock. Under the deal, Venrock managing partners Ray Rothrock and Tony Sun join the a la mobile board.

a la mobile was the first company to offer a complete package of applications based on Google’s Android mobile phone operating system.

a la mobile is aiming to build a “bold, new paradigm to streamline the way mobile handsets are developed and deployed and to be the independent, open Linux system platform company for the mobile phone industry.”

(via PEHub)

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January 13, 2008

A La Mobile First To Pimp Android

Duncan Riley

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alamobile-1.jpgSan Ramon, CA based a la mobile has become the first company to offer a complete package of applications based on Google’s Android mobile phone operating system.

A a la mobile demo unit includes a Google browser, phone dialer, audio player, Google maps, camera, games, calendar, contacts manager, calculator and notes installed on a HTC Qtek 9090.

According to a USA Today report, although a la mobile is not a member of the Open Handset Alliance, it intends to pitch the prototype to handset makers.

Andy Rubin, Google’s senior director of mobile platforms told the paper that the coalition is on track to roll out an official Android-based phone in the second half of this year.

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