VLX for low-end Android Smartphones provides the following benefits:

• Enables development of a low-cost Android Smartphone platform designed for mass markets (Section 1 in graphic)

• Isolates protocol stack and legacy phone applications in an RTOS container (Section 2 in graphic)

• Createes an Android-based open operating system to deliver commercial applications and new rich user experiences (Section 3 in graphic)

• Provides the ability to deploy nonintrusive virtual appliances to support new services business models (Section 4 in graphic)

• Provides the ability to perform system-level power and performance optimization (Section 5 in graphic)

• Easy integration of new devices and vendors through a shared device framework (Section 6 in graphic)