A typical mobile phone contains a whole bunch of communication information which tells the mobile phone what network operator your mobile phone is connected with, and how to optimize your mobile signal in order to ascertain the best signal strength. You can usually access all this information by typing in a special character combination on your mobile phone which will take you to the engineering information screen.

Since it was publicly announced in January 2007, the LiMo Foundation has been steadily adding new names to it’s membership roster. Today, it announced that eleven new companies have joined the foundation, bringing its membership total to more than 50.

All eleven listed companies joined the foundation as Associate Members. Some of them - Esmertec, Telecom Italia, and PacketVideo Corporation (PV) , are also member-companies of the Open Handset Alliance, the organization overseeing the development of the Android platform. In addition to Esmertec, Telecom Italia, and PacketVideo Corporation (PV). some of the core members of the Android platform - NTT DoCoMo, Samsung, and Motorola, are founding members of the LiMo Foundation.

So while the LiMo Foundation’s members list has been growing, the Android platform has yet to add a new member since the first or second week after it was launched in October, 2007.

Movial joins the LiMO Foundation, and contributes Browser D-Bus Bridge to the Open Source Community

Locle is a mobile application that allows you to see where your contacts are without using GPS. It’s a new service, with very little information on the company’s website. Here’s the complete description of the service that you’ll find on the company’s website: