SavaJe Technologies and Longcheer Technology Limited, a leading Chinese mobile handset designer, today announced a strategic agreement aimed at bringing Java-based devices to markets in China and Europe. Longcheer Technology, a wholly owned subsidiary of Longcheer Holdings Limited, intends to begin shipping devices based on the SavaJe Mobile Platform as early as Q4 2006 in China. New phones will be introduced by the end of this end.

Longcheer is one of the top independent mobile handset design houses in China, shipping over 5.7 million units in its financial year ended 30 June 2006. The company offers a complete suite of hardware, software and product design solutions to major Chinese telecommunications companies, which includes TCL, Konka, Gionee and ZTE. The SavaJe Mobile Platform enables operators and handset manufacturers to rapidly brand and customize mobile handsets that deliver high performance and advanced features, while shortening product time-to-market due to the cross-platform benefits of the Java environment.

Under the agreement, Longcheer and SavaJe will collaborate in the development and commercial deployment of two devices, S101 and S201, each based on the SavaJe Mobile Platform. Highlights of Longcheer's S101 - expected to ship to PRC and European markets in Q4 2006 - will include a new touch screen user experience design with Chinese handwriting recognition and character entry, as well as integration with music download service, beeweeb. The Longcheer S201 - expected to ship to Chinese and European markets in 2007 - will feature a new design and form factor, and extensive user experience customization to accommodate a variety of worldwide mobile operators.

SavaJe and Longcheer have also formalized a number of initiatives to support the development of the S101 and S201 devices, as well as their introduction to global markets. Included in these activities is the sharing of technology resources, joint sales and marketing programs, cooperative software research and development, and co-development of a SavaJe variant with a Linux kernel.

"We see increasing global demand for our mobile devices, and in SavaJe, we've found a platform to facilitate the rapid development of an exciting, high quality product," said Dr. Du Junhong, CEO of Longcheer. "The rich Java environment provides a unique user experience and the ability for operators to truly distinguish themselves, while decreased development time will allow us to continue bringing products to market faster and at a lower cost. Also, SavaJe’s global operator sales team holds strong partnerships with innovators such as Vodafone and others; these are relationships that we feel will expedite our handset deployment to markets in Europe, America and elsewhere."