LONDON and CHICAGO, Feb. 9 -- Novarra announces availability of the nWeb Java browser for a broad range of mobile handsets. Building upon successful commercial deployments for Palm OS(R) Smartphones, J2ME BlackBerry(R) and BREW(R) enabled phones, this is the latest addition to Novarra's Engines for Wireless Data(TM) family of products. nWeb Java is a full featured mobile browser that supports Internet standards, meets wireless operator requirements and includes advanced mobile usability features like zoom, with breakthrough performance and footprint.

"Extensive experience building a browser in the C++, Palm, RIM and BREW domains enabled us to achieve the Java performance that is required," says Scott Cotter, Senior Director of Marketing at Novarra. Optimizing for the breadth of handset platform capabilities including screen, memory, CPU, inputs, OS, APIs and application integration is a Novarra core competency. Novarra solutions are available for advanced high tier devices such as Palm Tungsten(TM) T/E and Sony Ericsson P Series, mid-tier devices like Nokia 6600 and BlackBerry, and mass-market devices like Motorola V Series and LG VX series. "Meeting operator requirements, scalability to specific platforms, and easy integration with core phone functions is key for handset manufacturers. Novarra's mission is to enable operators to scale and monetize their portal and differentiated data offerings across broad demographics," says Bruce Simpson, COO at Novarra.

"Novarra was impressive in their flexibility and strong commitment to providing the best product in a timely manner," says Ken Wirt, SVP of Marketing for palmOne. "Novarra software provides our Tungsten T3 customers with a quality Web browsing experience. Their solution on Java phones is a logical next step." The nWeb solution generates consistent usage by providing consumers speed and exceptional mobile user experience. An LG user comments, "I have nWeb on my 5550 and am very happy ... I have cable at home and am used to speed. I think nWeb more than lives up to the job on a handheld." Operators can seamlessly expand to richer portal offerings and web-based content services while reducing resources with the Engines for Wireless Data(TM) products.

Novarra's nWeb browser provides full Internet and WAP 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 also delivers the visual richness and dynamic content offered by technologies such as Dynamic HTML, SMIL and SVG Tiny. Novarra's mobile specific optimization techniques include progressive page display, advanced windowing and Selective Scrolling(TM) to intelligently improve awkward presentation on a small screen display. nWeb Java support includes MIDP 1.0, MIDP 2.0, and full embedded Java environments from leading mobile manufacturers.

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Novarra provides turnkey and customizable wireless data solutions that deliver rich portals and the full Web to mass-market phones, Smartphones, and PDAs across OS and platforms like Java, BREW, Palm OS, BlackBerry, Linux, etc. The breakthrough performance of Novarra products offers handset manufacturers easy portability and device customization, and provides operators a flexible, network healthy platform that scales to millions of users. Content providers and enterprises deploy Novarra to deliver secure, rich Web for mobile consumers and business users.

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