NEW DELHI: In a statement released at the Nokia Connection 2005 conference held in Helsinki, Finland, telephone giant Nokia announced that it has been working with Apple Inc. on an open source web browser for mobile phones. Said an online report.
Using the open-source components, WebCore and JavaScriptCore of Apple's Safari web browser the software will be available to licensees of Nokia's Series 60 Platform by the first half of next year.
By adapting WebCore and JavaScriptCore components for its smartphone platform, Nokia and other Series 60 licensees will be able provide a rich Web browsing experience that takes full advantage of today's fast wireless networks and advanced mobile devices. According to the "Smartphone360" study - Nokia-conducted consumer research among Series 60 smartphone users - over 50 percent of data traffic was generated by browsing, said an official Nokia press release.
According to Pertti Korhonen, chief technology officer at Nokia the open source platform enables them to contribute to 'software innovation and development' in a more efficient manner.
The browser is based on Apple's Safari's web kit whose efficient code base and support for open standards make it an ideal open source technology for projects like Nokia's new Series 60 browser, said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing.
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