R&D for Mobile OEMs

Every day, new mobile devices are being launched into an already-saturated market. Mobile OEMs must create powerful differentiators to stand out in this crowd of “me too” devices, whether it’s a new phone design or amplified processing power or an amazing user experience. GlobalLogic collaborates with mobile OEMs to realize this differentiation while overcoming time-to-market pressures on development and testing cycles, including adapting devices for new OS platforms. From developing new features and apps to re-inventing a device’s entire brand, GlobalLogic delivers innovation at every level within the mobile device lifecycle.

Our Focus Areas

GlobalLogic is a key R&D service provider within the entire mobile OEM ecosystem, providing services in the following areas:

• System integration (i.e., on the OS layer)
• Client solutions (i.e., framework development and UI frameworks for mobile devices)
• Mobile application development
• Server solutions (i.e., services and solutions in the OEM ecosystem, like cloud-sync)
• Testing (i.e., OEM lab testing)
• Device design and branding (i.e., product and service innovation, from brand strategy to visual design)
  
  

GlobalLogic works across various layers of the mobile device, either directly or in collaboration with third-party providers.

Our Capabilities

• Adapting and optimizing an operating system for various application processors for OEM reference platforms (e.g., smartphones and tablets)
• Integrating with various multimedia devices, displays, peripherals, cameras and communication interfaces (e.g., GPS, WLAN, cellular interface)
• Developing phone core apps like Camera, Calendar, etc.
• Developing UI shells and frameworks
• Adapting mobile devices to new OS releases (from the chip level to the application layer)
• Developing and testing apps across mobile platforms
• Developing services and solutions such as VAS, SDP and Storefronts
• Performing on-device testing at an OEM’s test lab and at GlobalLogic’s mobile test lab in the U.S.
• Providing design strategy and brand services for various devices (e.g., smartphones, tablets, eBook readers, etc.) and for new and varied form factors