BONDI is a web OS aimed at mobile devices. OMTP

Open mobile terminal platform

The Open Mobile Terminal Platform was a forum created by mobile network operators to discuss standards with manufacturers of cell phones and other mobile devices. During its lifetime, the OMTP included manufacturers such as Huawei, LG Electronics, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung and Sony...

 launched the BONDI initiative, which defined new interfaces (Javascript APIs) and a security framework (based on XACML policy description) to enable the access to mobile phone functionality (Application Invocation, Application Settings, Camera, Communications Log, Gallery, Location, Messaging, Persistent Data, Personal Information, Phone Status, User Interaction) from browser and widget engine in a secure way.

BONDI supports widget based applications as well as web based applications.

History

BONDI was initiated in 2008 by OMTP. The first BONDI widget, based on a preliminary version of the 1.0 specification was shown at MWC 2009 in February 2009.

Version 1.0 of the API specification released on June, 2nd, 2009

with a maintenance release (1.01) following on July, 30th, 2009

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Version 1.1 of the API was released as stable on February, 11th, 2010.

In February 2010, at MWC

Mobile World Congress

The GSMA Mobile World Congress is the combination of the world's largest exhibition for the mobile industry and a conference featuring prominent Chief Executives representing mobile operators, device manufacturers, technology providers, vendors and content owners from across the world...

 2010 the Samsung Wave was released as the first mobile phone to contain the BONDI as a built-in API as part of the bada

Bada (operating system)

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 platform.

At MWC

Mobile World Congress

The GSMA Mobile World Congress is the combination of the world's largest exhibition for the mobile industry and a conference featuring prominent Chief Executives representing mobile operators, device manufacturers, technology providers, vendors and content owners from across the world...

 2010, The Wholesale Applications Community (WAC) announced that BONDI would be one of the technologies used.

API

As of release 1.1, the BONDI API defines the following interfaces:

• Application Launcher - Access to the installed applications. It also provides access to the native applications such as messaging, telephony and newly installed applications.
• Messaging - Send and manage text-, binary and multimedia-messages via Email, SMS, and MMS.
• User Interaction - To allow widgets to access functions that integrate with the widget runtime user interface.
• File System - Access to the filesystem of a device.
• Gallery - Access to media galleries located on the phone.
• Device Status - Access to status information, such as battery level or display orientation.
• Application Configuration - Access to application specific static storage for preference and other application settings.
• Geolocation - Allows the detection of the user's location by abstracting from a range of location methods.
• Camera - Access to local camera devices to allow capturing video and photo.
• Telephony - Access to information on recent calls (missed, received, and initiated).
• PIM - Personal Information Management provides access to contacts, calendars and tasks APIs. See below.
• Contact - Access to contacts available in the address books.
• Calendar - Access to device calendars.
• Task - Access to phone resident task management functions

The upcoming 1.5 API will add or change the following APIs:

• APDU - Allows the communication between web application and a smart card by using the Application Protocol Data Units (APDUs).
• Bluetooth - Access to the bluetooth functionality.
• Crypto - Provides cryptographic functions like hashing, signature verification, encrypting and decrypting.
• DLNA - Enables discovery of the DLNA devices in the local network and control of the devices.
• Server Push - Provides functionality of OMA Push delivery to Web Applications running in the widget context.
• Sensor - Access to device sensors, such as accelerometer, altimeter, ambient temperature or tilt sensors.
• Telephony - Extension of existing API to enable the handling of incoming and outgoing phone calls.

Policies

To safeguard users from malicious web applications, BONDI defines a policy layer between the API and the device.
Policies can be set on a widget provider level (for signed widgets) on a widget level or on an API call-by-call
level for web pages.

Every widget carries a manifest declaring the APIs to be used by that widget, allowing users to install (or
deny installation) based on the function the widget intends to use.

External links

• BONDI home page
• OMTP home page
• Wholesale Application Community, an application store from mobile operators
  Wholesale Application Community
  The Wholesale Applications Community is an organisation that is creating a unified and open platform to allow mobile software developers to more easily write applications usable on a variety of devices, operating systems and networks....
  
  
• OneAPI, a set of API exposed on the WEB by mobile operators