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Brew® Web Browser Attracts Customers Novarra's nweb™ for easyedgeSM is a hit for U.S. Cellular® CHICAGO, March 11, 2005 - Novarra today announced that nweb, a mobile Web browser for QUALCOMM’s BREW solution, is now a top selling information application for U.S. Cellular. nweb is a high performance, full-featured mobile Web browser solution that delivers a breadth of Internet content with advanced mobile usability features. The application also includes an industry-first parental content control feature for cell phones. Launched in November 2004, U.S. Cellular’s nweb for easyedgeSM service offering is available on a range of handsets from Kyocera, LG, Audiovox and Motorola. Novarra is showcasing nweb at CTIA Wireless 2005 in the Partner Pavilion of the QUALCOMM booth located in Hall C, #2631. “We looked for a solution to offer customers a satisfying Web browsing experience and the freedom to access whatever Internet sites they choose,” says John Cregier, senior director of product management and development for U.S. Cellular. “With nweb, easyedgeSM data subscribers are accessing our portal for finance, news, sports and popular sites like Google, MSN Hotmail and the rest of the Web. Given customer interest, we look forward to extending the application to more handsets.” “nweb’s popularity and success with U.S. Cellular’s subscribers is an indication of the public’s growing interest in mobile data services and Novarra’s commitment to meeting the needs of operators and their subscribers,” said Tom Grieco, senior director of BREW developer relations for QUALCOMM Internet Services. “QUALCOMM is pleased to see Novarra create applications that take full advantage of the BREW solution’s capabilities, including the ability to rapidly port applications across a wide variety of handsets.” “QUALCOMM’s BREW solution allowed us to develop a complex application and expand the offering quickly and easily across different handset manufacturers’ platforms,” says Neil Wilson, vice president of sales for Novarra. For operators and handset manufacturers expanding their mobile Web offerings, nweb is designed to meet requirements and seamlessly integrate with deployed content and portal infrastructure.” “nweb is available now,” says Bruce Simpson, chief operating officer at Novarra. “The launch is generating significant requests from consumers on a variety of other handsets and networks. With a dozen popular handsets tested and more on the way, the service allows operators to quickly deploy Internet and Web content services. The BREW solution also enables us to monetize the offering, ensuring positive results based on the consumer interest in the product.” Novarra’s nweb solution provides full Internet and WAP 1.0/2.0 support with a modular, scalable and highly optimized core browser engine. Standards support includes XHTML 1.0, HTML 4.01, JavaScript 1.5, CSS v2, chtml (i-mode), legacy WAP 1.x and WML content. nweb is available in many languages, includes BREW 1.x, 2.x, 3.x support and can also support advanced BREW features including Contextual Shopping. Novarra’s mobile specific optimization techniques include progressive page display, advanced windowing and Selective Scrolling™ to intelligently improve awkward presentation on small screen displays. QUALCOMM's BREW solution is designed to meet the distinct and varied needs of wireless operators, handset manufacturers, publishers, developers and end users around the world. BREW products and services include: an open, extensible client platform that supports robust system and application software including personalized and branded user interfaces for mass market devices; About Novarra Novarra, Web+Mobility, nWeb, SmartNav, SmartSearch, Selective Scrolling, Engines for Wireless Data and Powering the Mobile Generation are trademarks of Novarra, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Media Contacts: Europe: North America: |
