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A full web experience for mobile and embedded devices
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A full web experience for mobile and embedded
devices
The Poorly Connected World
We Live In
•Browser is the key to getting online, and our phones are now online devices
•The iPhone is doing it right but is only on ... the iPhone
Opportunity
•Feature phones are gaining power
•300M phones/Q sold - those aren’t iPhones! 10-15% are smart phones
•Phone users are not online!
•TV, GPS, MID, DPF, UMPC, ...
Iris Browser: The Best Mobile
Browser•Open source WebKit engine
•iPhone browser emulation
•Animations - visual user experience
•Fast, capable of handling large pages
•Widgets, homescreen, and more
•Native - no servers required!
Torch Mobile Model
•Licensing to OEMs, ODMs, carriers
•Plans for revenue from free consumer product
•Open source is a key component and process
Successes To Date•Licensing agreements in place
•Consumer edition: Iris Browser/WM
•Overwhelming interest from all major OEMs and ODMs worldwide
•Already approximately break-even, less than one year in
•Offices in Toronto, Beijing, more coming
Next Steps
•Self funded, rapid but sustainable growth
•Delivering solid products today
•Want to meet with more manufacturers, carriers, content providers
•Solidify existing relationships, build new ones
•Open to investment / financing
Potential Customers and
Partners
Torch MobileThe Team
•Long history of open source and commercial development (WebKit, Linux, KDE, etc)
•Successful consulting firm from 2003-2007 before spinning off Torch Mobile
•Many of the best WebKit hackers
•Small teams, big results
•We love what we do! It was our hobby!
Thank you!Torch Mobile Inc.
507 - 180 Bloor St WestToronto, ON M5S2V6
