<s>
Mobile	B-Application
virtualization	I-Application
is	O
hardware	B-General_Concept
virtualization	I-General_Concept
on	O
a	O
mobile	O
phone	O
or	O
connected	O
wireless	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
enables	O
multiple	O
operating	O
systems	O
or	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machines	I-Architecture
to	O
run	O
simultaneously	O
on	O
a	O
mobile	O
phone	O
or	O
connected	O
wireless	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
a	O
hypervisor	B-Operating_System
to	O
create	O
secure	O
separation	O
between	O
the	O
underlying	O
hardware	O
and	O
the	O
software	O
that	O
runs	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
it	O
;	O
this	O
can	O
be	O
considered	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
an	O
embedded	B-Application
hypervisor	I-Application
,	O
or	O
a	O
close	O
analogue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virtualization	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
has	O
been	O
used	O
widely	O
for	O
many	O
years	O
in	O
other	O
fields	O
such	O
as	O
data	O
servers	O
(	O
storage	B-Application
virtualization	I-Application
)	O
and	O
personal	O
computers	O
(	O
desktop	B-Protocol
virtualization	I-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
mobile	O
industry	O
became	O
interested	O
in	O
using	O
the	O
benefits	O
of	O
virtualization	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
for	O
cell	O
phones	O
and	O
other	O
devices	O
like	O
tablets	O
,	O
netbooks	O
and	O
machine-to-machine	O
(	O
M2M	O
)	O
modules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
mobile	B-Application
virtualization	I-Application
,	O
mobile	O
devices	O
can	O
be	O
manufactured	O
more	O
cheaply	O
through	O
the	O
re-use	O
of	O
software	O
and	O
hardware	O
,	O
which	O
shortens	O
development	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
such	O
example	O
is	O
using	O
mobile	B-Application
virtualization	I-Application
to	O
create	O
low-cost	O
Android	B-Application
smartphones	O
without	O
a	O
separate	O
baseband	O
processor	O
by	O
running	O
the	O
applications	O
and	O
the	O
baseband	O
processor	O
code	O
in	O
separate	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machines	I-Architecture
on	O
a	O
single	O
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Semiconductor	O
vendors	O
such	O
as	O
ST-Ericsson	O
have	O
adopted	O
mobile	B-Application
virtualization	I-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
their	O
low-cost	O
Android	B-Application
platform	I-Application
strategy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
use	O
case	O
for	O
mobile	B-Application
virtualization	I-Application
is	O
in	O
the	O
enterprise	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
mobile	B-Application
virtualization	I-Application
,	O
mobile	O
phones	O
can	O
support	O
multiple	O
domains/operating	O
systems	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
hardware	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
the	O
enterprise	O
IT	O
department	O
can	O
securely	O
manage	O
one	O
domain	O
(	O
in	O
a	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
mobile	O
operator	O
can	O
separately	O
manage	O
the	O
other	O
domain	O
(	O
in	O
a	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Android	B-Application
there	O
are	O
many	O
ways	O
to	O
do	O
virtualization	O
,	O
however	O
due	O
to	O
limitations	O
and	O
operating	O
system	O
security	O
restrictions	O
some	O
types	O
of	O
virtualization	O
software	O
will	O
not	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
do	O
all	O
the	O
tasks	O
or	O
run	O
all	O
types	O
of	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
