Monday 22 February 2010

Mobile World Congress: “2010 is the Year of the Flexible Browser” Movial Unleashes IXS Browser on QtWebKit for All 4 Screens


Movial, the company that inspires rich and intuitive Internet experiences today announced the immediate availability of its new cross platform Movial IXS Browser running on QtWebKit.
An intuitive, versatile and flexible solution that leverages the performance excellence of QtWebKit, Movial IXS Browser enables developers to easily deploy and port the same touchscreen optimized UI (User Interface) code across virtually any device.
A Qt Certified Partner, Movial will demonstrate its newest solution on LG-Nortel's 4th screen home multimedia tablet demo device at the Qt Development Frameworks Stand 1E44 at Mobile World Congress.
At the Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) Stand (8A84), Movial will demo an innovative contextual version of the Movial IXS Browser using TI’s OMAP4430 processor. The demo showcases an innovative dual-screen UI that enables users to view one screen as a regular browser window while another screen independently locates and delivers information, news, blogs, Tweets and other media that is directly related to content on the first screen.
“As part of our strong ecosystem, Movial helps bring intuitive and innovative mobile Internet experiences to our customers and, in turn, to consumers around the globe,” said Fred Cohen, Director, wireless OMAP ecosystem, TI.
“Our OMAP™ 4 platform ensures high performance at low power levels, while Movial’s IXS Browser ensures consistent, robust Web browsing across multiple displays. The combination of these capabilities gives consumers new ways access content and experience the mobile Internet.”
“Until now, deploying intuitive desktop-like Internet browsers easily and quickly across various form factors has been a challenge,” said Tomi Rauste, president of Movial Creative Technologies. “2010 is the year of the flexible browser focused on fulfilling the key user needs. Movial provides a clear alternative to confusing UI feature overload. With this latest version of Movial IXS Browser that utilizes the high performance of QtWebKit, Movial provides the development community with the ability to quickly and easily deploy an intuitive browser that improves usability, and provides a streamlined consistent look and feel across all connected devices.”
The new release of Movial IXS Browser utilizing QtWebKit features a flexible user interface for different form factors and input methods such as finger touch, remote - and free space control, Other key features include multiple tabs with live thumbnails, smooth panning of web pages for touch screen devices, an integrated RSS feed reader for quick follow-up of website updates, an integrated web search, as well as social bookmarking and favorite bookmarks.

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