ACCESS NetFront Browser Ported to Texas Instruments OMAP2420

Strategic Insights -

ACCESS Co., Ltd., a global provider of mobile content delivery and Internet access technologies, has announced that the ACCESS NetFront browser has been ported to run on Texas Instruments Incorporated's (TI's) OMAP2420. The NetFront browser now offers an advanced Internet browsing experience on OMAP2420-based mobile terminals, enabling users to easily browse the Internet, quickly view and retrieve Web content, watch streaming video clips, and play video games.

Key Takeaways:

  • The ACCESS NetFront browser has been ported to run on TI's OMAP2420, providing an advanced Internet browsing experience on OMAP2420-based mobile terminals.
  • The NetFront browser on OMAP2420 delivers a comprehensive feature-set, including support for WAP 2.0, WML, HTML 4.01, and cHTML, as well as unique technologies like Rapid-Render and Smart-Fit Rendering.
  • NetFront is the only mobile browser to provide integrated support for Adobe Reader and Adobe's portable document format (PDF).
  • TI's OMAP 2 architecture enhances the mobile entertainment capability on portable devices, allowing users to instantly run applications and operate multiple functions simultaneously.
  • ACCESS has demonstrated its complete advanced solutions for mobile at 3GSM World Congress 2005, and will be demonstrating its NetFront browser solution for OMAP2420 at the TI stand.
  • ACCESS is a member of TI's OMAP Developer Network, and has developed compelling wireless applications, including streaming audio and video, multimedia messaging, gaming, security, speech recognition, location based services, and mobile commerce.
  • The OMAP platform has been selected by leading manufacturers, such as Nokia, Palm, NEC, Fujitsu, LG Electronics, Hewlett-Packard, Sendo, HTC, and many more, for their 2.5 and 3G wireless devices.

Statistics:

  • Over 150 million ACCESS software licenses have shipped from more than 90 major Internet device manufacturers.
  • ACCESS' NetFront browser technology powers 342 different commercial products worldwide, including mobile phones, digital televisions, set-top boxes, game consoles, PDAs, car navigation systems, web phones, kiosk terminals, and intranet terminals.
  • NetFront browser recently surpassed over 150 million deployments globally, including 342 unique devices.
  • NetFront supports a wider range of operating systems than any competing browser, including solutions for Palm OS, Symbian OS, Linux OS, Microsoft Windows Mobile/PocketPC, and mobile handset environments like BREW.

Sources:

  • ACCESS Co., Ltd., press release, "ACCESS NetFront Browser Ported to TI OMAP2420" (no date provided)
  • Texas Instruments Incorporated, press release, "TI's OMAP Platform Powers Next-Generation Mobile Devices" (no date provided)
  • ACCESS Co., Ltd., website, http://www.access.co.jp/english/ (no date provided)
  • ACCESS Co., Ltd., website, http://www.access-us-inc.com/ (no date provided)
  • 3GSM World Congress 2005, press release, "ACCESS Demonstrates Advanced Solutions for Mobile at 3GSM World Congress 2005" (no date provided)